TRANSFORMING FEAR PT 1 (4 OF 5)
Scripture: 1 peter 3:13-17
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Transforming Fear Pt 1 (4 of 5)
Because He Lives: A Study in 1 Peter
Michael White
1 peter 3:13-17
13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed.
Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
INTRO
What makes good writing is when you've lived it.
The most powerful songs and stories are borne out of the author's personal experience.
Dickens is able to write so powerfully about the impoverished orphan oliver Twist because when he was 12 his father was sent to prison and he had to work at a shoe blacking factory,
Or I think of the anguish Eric Clapton must have experienced in writing ''Tears in heaven'' after he lost his 4 year old son.
Out of deep personal experience comes the most powerful writing.
It's no different with Scripture.
The apostle Peter not only wrote this passage. He lived it.
It brings to mind the events on the night Jesus was betrayed.
They had supper together
The go to the garden
Jesus is betrayed-
The other disciples flee for their lives
Peter and John follow behind at a distance= and Peter finally settles by a campfire. The whole time he can see Jesus being questioned by the sanhedrin, and mocked, and even taking blows and being spat upon.
So here's peter, his Rabbi is being brutalized, he knows he's going to die- can you imagine watching this and knowing what was going to happen to your spiritual leader?
and the servant girl of the high Priest (the one who's the main prosecutor he ...
Because He Lives: A Study in 1 Peter
Michael White
1 peter 3:13-17
13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed.
Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
INTRO
What makes good writing is when you've lived it.
The most powerful songs and stories are borne out of the author's personal experience.
Dickens is able to write so powerfully about the impoverished orphan oliver Twist because when he was 12 his father was sent to prison and he had to work at a shoe blacking factory,
Or I think of the anguish Eric Clapton must have experienced in writing ''Tears in heaven'' after he lost his 4 year old son.
Out of deep personal experience comes the most powerful writing.
It's no different with Scripture.
The apostle Peter not only wrote this passage. He lived it.
It brings to mind the events on the night Jesus was betrayed.
They had supper together
The go to the garden
Jesus is betrayed-
The other disciples flee for their lives
Peter and John follow behind at a distance= and Peter finally settles by a campfire. The whole time he can see Jesus being questioned by the sanhedrin, and mocked, and even taking blows and being spat upon.
So here's peter, his Rabbi is being brutalized, he knows he's going to die- can you imagine watching this and knowing what was going to happen to your spiritual leader?
and the servant girl of the high Priest (the one who's the main prosecutor he ...
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