Sermon Notes: Encouragement in Suffering 1 Peter 3:13-17

I. Remember that we may suffer but we cannot be harmed.

 -Rom. 8:31

 -prove = ginomai = become

 -blessed = makarios

 -Matt. 5:10-12

II. Don't be fearful of those who would persecute us.

 -Is. 8:12-13

III. Set apart Christ alone as Lord.

 -holy (Is. 8:13) = sanctify

 -sanctify = set apart, holy;  idea is to venerate, adore

 -heart = kardia = origin of behavior, center of emotions

IV. Be ready to give an answer for our hope.

 -defense = apologia = give reasoned defense, make an argument, give an answer

 -account = logia = word

 -Schreiner "Believers have solid intellectual grounds for believing the gospel."

   

   a. Share the message with gentleness.

   b. Share the message with fear of the Lord.

V. Live to maintain a clear conscience.

 -conscience = suneidesis = literally co-knowledge

 -Rom. 2:14-15; I Tim. 4:2

   a. So the persecutors will be put to shame.

   b. So our suffering will be for doing good.