1) Christ's suffering is purposeful (v18)

Includes Payment and Delivery

2) Christ's suffering is proclaimed (v19-20)

Includes Victory and Defeat

3) Christ's suffering is protective (v21-22)

Includes Now and Forever

1) Inward Maturity (3:8)

* Enriching your mind, emotions, connection, compassion, and humility

2) Outward Maturity (3:9-12)

* Expressing your forgiveness, self-control, purity, and peace

3) Upward Maturity (3:13-17)

* Embracing your blessing, hope, and God's will

1 Peter 3:1-7 - Wisdom for a Hope-Filled Marriage

Wisdom for Wives (3:1-6)

1) Adjust your actions

2) Adorn your attitude

3) Aim your attention

Wisdom for Husbands (3:7)

1) Live

2) Know

3) Show

Honorable Submission for God's Glory

We are called to submit honorably...

1) As citizens (2:13-17)

2) As servants (2:18-20)

3) As saints (2:21-25)

Consider Your Heavenly Father - Matthew 6:25-34 - Malachi Kearney

1) As you come to Him (v4-8)

* He is: Living Stone

* We are: Living Stones

2) As you share and show the gospel (v9-12)

* Share: God’s saving work in us

* Show: God’s saving work through us

Two Ways to Evaluate Your Spiritual Life

1) How am I loving others?

2) How am I longing for God’s Word?

Four Self-Examination Questions

1) How is my love for others currently reflecting God’s love for me?

2) What sinful actions or attitudes must I abandon that hurt my relationships?

3) How am I consistently planting the imperishable seed in my mind and heart?

4) Does my current desire for God’s word reflect God’s worth?

Our Response to Our Salvation is...

1) A Settled Hope (1:13)

* New Focus * New Future

2) A Steadfast Holiness (1:14-16)

* New Relationship

- Abandon your former ignorance

- Embrace your new identity

3) A Sincere Humility (1:17-21)

* New Approach * New Appreciation

Our hope is in the God who…

1) Graciously saves us

2) Guards us

3) Guides us

4) Grips us

5) Guarantees glory for us

Post-Christian Culture Shifts:

1. From the center to the margins

2. From majority to minority

3. From settlers to sojourners

4. From privilege to plurality

5. From control to witness

6. From maintenance to mission

7. From institution to movement

1 Peter teaches believers that our hope is realized through:

• Our Salvation

• Our Submission

• Our Suffering