In our text for this morning Peter talks more about suffering. This verse is one of the shortest and simplest, and yet one of the richest summaries given in the New Testament of the meaning of the Cross of Christ.

In our text for this morning Peter talks more about suffering. This is a subject that American Christians don't know much about experientially. Scripture teaches that there is a blessing that comes from suffering.

In our text for this morning Peter talks about "Loving life and seeing good days." If you want to have a good life you have to live a life that honors Christ.

In our text for this morning Paul talks about two women that represent two covenants. One woman represents the work of the flesh the other the work of the Spirit. This text speaks of Yahweh's judgment and removal of national Israel.

After addressing a Christian wife on how to deal with an unsaved husband Peter now addresses a Christian husband on how to deal with an unsaved wife.

A submissive wife is looked down on in our culture, but she is beautiful in the sight of God. And according to Peter a wife can win her husband to the Lord by her conduct. Think about that.

A submissive wife is looked down on in our culture, but she is beautiful in the sight of God. The basic building block of society, the family, is under attack. The family is the backbone of the church. If we don't have strong godly families, we will not have strong godly churches.

The heart of Christianity is substitution. Before a just God sin must be paid for, it cannot just be forgiven. We could never pay the debt we own so Christ, the sinless son of God paid it for us.

How often in your life do you find yourself trying to follow the example of Christ? Over and over in Scripture we are told to follow or imitate Yahweh. Shouldn't we be making more of an effort to do this?

How often do you think of yourself as a servant? It seems that in our culture everyone wants to be the lord and master but nobody wants to be the servant. Yeshua says it is not supposed to be this way.