Title: Living The Good Life (8)
Series: 1 Peter
Author: Jerry Watts
Text: 1 Peter 3:1-7
On many occasions you have heard me lament that we are living in the last verse of the book of Judges, "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever seemed right to him." Other texts say, "Everyone did what was right in his own eyes." Said another way, "No one wants to submit to someone else or accept that there is an authority over them."
Like it or not, when everybody lives the way "THEY WANT TO", society and culture become a mess. It's like moving cattle or cats without any side planks, it just doesn't go very well. Peter is trying to move his readers toward living the good life in Christ. Most spiritual principles are opposite of what people think (great-small, love your enemies, turn the other cheek, God or money), the list goes on and on. Now, we read another passage where Peter wants to help followers live better, and what he says is hard.
(TEXT) Personally, I prefer to look at vs 1-12 together, but for time's sake, look at this.
Two thoughts: Submission and Authority. These concepts are universally disliked but are required for God's child. These two are mentioned almost 500 times in the Bible.
Peter began to teach us about these two in chapter 2 (vs 13ff).Three take aways for us: 1) All authority is from God, 2) To rebel against authority is to rebel against God, and 3) Rebellion has consequences.
In this truth, years ago, I heard Andy Stanley say this, "When someone tells you what to do, the issue is not what but who." The issue Peter is addressing is "The good (or godly) life." These folks were under persecution and were dispersed a long way from home and Peter wanted to give them divine instructions about how to live. The easy thing would be to look at the wife (6 verses), the husband (1 STRONG verse), and then overview the 7 verses for everyone. In fact, I looked over my last message and my outline was "Characteristics ...
Series: 1 Peter
Author: Jerry Watts
Text: 1 Peter 3:1-7
On many occasions you have heard me lament that we are living in the last verse of the book of Judges, "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever seemed right to him." Other texts say, "Everyone did what was right in his own eyes." Said another way, "No one wants to submit to someone else or accept that there is an authority over them."
Like it or not, when everybody lives the way "THEY WANT TO", society and culture become a mess. It's like moving cattle or cats without any side planks, it just doesn't go very well. Peter is trying to move his readers toward living the good life in Christ. Most spiritual principles are opposite of what people think (great-small, love your enemies, turn the other cheek, God or money), the list goes on and on. Now, we read another passage where Peter wants to help followers live better, and what he says is hard.
(TEXT) Personally, I prefer to look at vs 1-12 together, but for time's sake, look at this.
Two thoughts: Submission and Authority. These concepts are universally disliked but are required for God's child. These two are mentioned almost 500 times in the Bible.
Peter began to teach us about these two in chapter 2 (vs 13ff).Three take aways for us: 1) All authority is from God, 2) To rebel against authority is to rebel against God, and 3) Rebellion has consequences.
In this truth, years ago, I heard Andy Stanley say this, "When someone tells you what to do, the issue is not what but who." The issue Peter is addressing is "The good (or godly) life." These folks were under persecution and were dispersed a long way from home and Peter wanted to give them divine instructions about how to live. The easy thing would be to look at the wife (6 verses), the husband (1 STRONG verse), and then overview the 7 verses for everyone. In fact, I looked over my last message and my outline was "Characteristics ...
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