1 Peter 3i
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This document contains excerpts from a sermon or devotional discussing suffering for doing good versus evil. It encourages Christians to always be ready to share the gospel message with others and to regularly confess sins to maintain a clear conscience. It asserts that it is better to suffer persecution for preaching truth and righteousness than to suffer for living in sin. The document suggests that when Jesus is the central focus of one's life, suffering in this world will not seem as important because of the glory that awaits in heaven.
1 Peter 3i
- 1. Carmike Battlefield 10 Friday, September 25 Sponsored by Lookout Baptist Church 1 September 2, 2009
- 2. 2 Here is another part of the garden, the fall is in the air you can see the vines are dying, and the turkeys are eating some of the water- melons. The yellow things on the right are squash, we had so many these are left for seeds. Enjoy Archie
- 3. 1 Peter 3 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope (confident expectation) that is in you with meekness and fear: 3 Be always ready to tell anyone in any place The Good News of Jesus Christ. That God loved people so much, that He gave His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins. He suffered agony and death in our place, paid our price for sin, and gave us eternal life.
- 4. 16 Having a good conscience; 4 There is only one way to always have a good conscience: Regular cleansing. If we don't wash our bodies every day, we stink. It is the same with our conscience. 1 John 1 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- 5. 16 Having a good conscience; 5 Key to have no fear of man Proverbs 28 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. Live by every Empowered by
- 6. 6 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed (be put to shame) that falsely accuse your good conversation (behavior) in Christ. When decent people see us living right and doing well, they will see false accusers for what they are.
- 7. 17 For it is better, if the Will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 7
- 8. In their hearts Christians are to set apart Christ as Lord. Alexander Maclaren wrote, “Only he who can say, ‘The Lord is the Strength of my life’ can go on to say, ‘Of whom shall I be afraid?’” (Expositions of Holy Scriptures, 16: 42) The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures by Dallas Seminary Faculty. 8 When Jesus is truly Lord of my life, I welcome His Will in me. Polycarp
- 9. Worldly people will speak evil of Christians, misusing our beliefs to criticize. 9 We preach against sin because of its harm, and they call us intolerant. We preach repentance to attain a clear conscience, and they call us hateful. We teach forgiveness and cleansing, and they accuse us of teaching guilt and despair.
- 10. 17 For it is better, if the Will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 10 Better to suffer for teaching Truth, than for living a lie. Better to suffer for going to church, than for going to a sleazy hotel. Better to suffer for "Intolerance" than for murder or assault.
- 11. Romans 8 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together. 11 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- 12. When Jesus is the center of our lives, He is all that matters to us. 12 This old body won't matter. Life won't be all about me. Tired Hurts Lazy
- 13. If it is God's Will that we suffer persecution, ridicule, imprisonment, or even death for serving Him, 13 Blessed be the Name of the Lord. Romans 8 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.