Submissive People

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Submissive People

• 1st Peter 3

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1st Peter 1

• Vs 1-2, to the strangers scattered Elect
  according to the foreknowledge of God the
  Fatherthrough sanctification of the Spirit, and
  the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ
• Encouraged by Salvation

• Planned by God
• Provided by God
• Preserved by faith
• Prospect of joy
• Prophesied by the Prophets

• Preached by the Apostles
• Practical in effect
• Purchased by Christs blood
• Predicated on obedience
• Produced by Gods Word

Christians are Saved People
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1st Peter 2

• Christians are
• Separated People
• BIRTH
• BELIEF
• BEHAVIOR

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1st Peter 3

• Christians are
• Chapter 1, Saved People
• Chapter 2, Separated People
• Chapter 3, Submissive People
• Submissive in
• Marriage responsibilities, Vs. 1-7
• Mutual responsibilities, Vs. 8-17
• Mission responsibilities, Vs. 18-22

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Submissive in Marriage Responsibilities

• 1st Peter 31-7, Gods Marriage Manual
• Peters counsel to the wives, vs. 1-6
• Subjection to own husband, vs. 1
• Won by conversation, 1st Cor. 714
• Obliging in conduct, cheerful in submission
• Chaste conversation, pure, vs. 2
• Coupled with fear awe, respect, honor husband
• Eph. 533, reverence her husband.
• Adorned with modesty, vs. 3-6
• Inward beauty vs. outward beauty
• Meek, quite spirit, incorruptible, great godly
  value
• Subjection to own husband, like Sara to Abraham

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Submissive in Marriage Responsibilities

• 1st Peter 31-7, Gods Marriage Manual
• Peters counsel to husbands, vs. 7
• Dwell together according to knowledge
• Mutual communications with one another
• Be wise, intelligent, understanding
• Honor wife
• Eph. 528, love their wives as their own bodies
• Great value, Pro. 3110, far above rubies
• Weaker vessel, NOT moral, intelligence,
  spiritual
• Heirs together in life partners, lovers, friends
• United, peaceful, so prayers not hindered

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Submissive in Mutual Responsibilities

• 1st Peter 38-17
• Gods Mutual Responsibility Manual
• Cultivate Christian love, vs. 8
• Matthew 2237-40, Sum of whole law
• Unity of mind, being one in Christ
• Compassion, Tenderhearted, Courteous
• Choose to live on one of three levels, vs. 9
• Return evil for good
• Return good for good, evil for evil
• Return good for evil (True test of love)

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Submissive in Mutual Responsibilities

• 1st Peter 38-17
• Gods Mutual Responsibility Manual
• Love life see good days, vs. 10-11
• Refrain tongue from evil
• James 126, He who bridleth not his tongue, but
  deceiveth his own heart
• James 35, the tongue is a fire, a world of
  iniquity (Whole Chapter)
• Do good, turn away from evil
• Seek peace and pursue it
• WHY?, vs. 12-13

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Submissive in Mutual Responsibilities

• 1st Peter 38-17
• Gods Mutual Responsibility Manual
• Suffer for righteousness sake, vs. 14
• Be happy for the opportunity to serve God
• Be not afraid of any harm that might come
• Sanctify the Lord, vs. 15
• Declare Him to be holy, consecrate, hallow,
• Set Him apart in our hearts
• John 1717, Sanctify them through thy truth thy
  word is truth.
• Vs. 15, be ready always to give an answer

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Submissive in Mutual Responsibilities

• 1st Peter 38-17
• Gods Mutual Responsibility Manual
• Have good conscience, vs.16-17
• Living in a good conscience?
• Distinguishing between good and bad
• Doing the former, shunning the latter
• Commending one, condemning the other
• Suffer for good doing, rather than evil
• Pauls example
• Acts 231, Men and brethren, I have lived in all
  good conscience before God until this day

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Submissive in Mission Responsibilities

• 1st Peter 3 18-22
• Gods Mission Responsibility Manual
• Christ submissive to His tasks, vs. 18
• He suffered and died for us
• Romans 56, Christ died for the ungodly.
• He died to bring us to God
• He arose from dead, quickened, made alive
• Noah submissive to his tasks, vs. 20
• Did as God instructed, built ark, preached
• Accomplished task, although only 8 saved

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Submissive in Mission Responsibilities

• 1st Peter 3 18-22
• Gods Mission Responsibility Manual
• We must be submissive to our tasks
• Submissive from the beginning, vs. 21-22
• John 35, Except a man be born of the water and
  of the spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of
  God.
• Mark 1616, He that beliveth and is baptized
  shall be saved but he that beliveth not shall be
  damned.
• Submissive to the end
• Revelation 210, Be thou faithful until death,
  and I will give thee a crown of life.

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1st Peter 3

• Christians are
• Saved People
• Separate People
• And Submissive People
• Are we a Submissive People?
• Marriage responsibilities?
• Mutual responsibilities?
• Mission responsibilities?