Redemptive Suffering
Redemptive Suffering
SERMON OUTLINE:
1 Peter 3:8-22
What Believers in Jesus Will Face in This World
1- Evil (vs 9)
2- Insults (vs 9)
3- Suffering (vs 14)
4- Accusations (vs 16)
How Believers in Jesus Should Respond
1- Not alone, but in community (vs 8)
2- Don’t do evil, but do good (vs 9)
3- Don’t insult, but give a blessing (vs 9)
4- Don’t lie, but tell the truth (vs 10)
5- Don’t fear man, but fear God (vs 14-15)
6- Don’t despair, but maintain hope (vs 15)
7- Don’t react with hate, but with gentleness (vs 16)
Why We Should Respond This Way
1- Because there is a blessing waiting (vs 9-12)
2- Because it becomes a powerful witness (vs 15-16)
3- Because Jesus wins in the end (vs 18-22)
Live It Out: Watch Your Words
1- Online: don’t return fire
2- At work: respond with kindness under pressure
3- At home: speak life, not death
