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1. Be Ready for Persecution (3:13-14)
You are Persecuted
What is very apparent is that Peter assumes that his Christian hearers are going to be persecuted for righteousness’ sake.
This was a theme in Jesus’ teaching.
There will always be persecution of believers.
Paul said, “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” ().
Christians are salt and light.
We are to be demonstrating a freedom from the slavery of this world system.
You are Immortal Till God is Finished
“Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?” (3:13).
Peter’s is quoting , “It is the Sovereign LORD who helps me.
Who will condemn me?” “Who is there to harm or ultimately damn my soul” is the idea.
If you are zealous for what is good, zealous for God, a true believer, then who can ultimately harm you?
No one has the power to ultimately damn you.
You are forgiven in Christ.
Any other suffering is superficial.
Paul said, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us” ().
Peter is saying, “You are immortal until God is finished with you.”
No one can hurt you if you truly have the zeal of the Spirit in you, unless they have God’s permission.
Peter goes on to explain that “But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed.
Have no fear of them, nor be troubled” (3:14).
You are Blessed!
“But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed.
Have no fear of them, nor be troubled” (3:14).
Even if you suffer in this life, don’t be disturbed!
None can do real harm to the Lord’s people; they may persecute them, but he will make all things work together for their good.
You are blessed no matter what, so rejoice.
Replace any fear of living in total surrender to God with zeal and joy.
You are in God’s Hands!
Sometimes the hostile world around us troubles us.
Don’t be troubled.
Be zealous for God! Get on fire for God.
If you suffer for doing right, you are blessed.
Have no fear.
Don’t be troubled.
Yet we often are troubled.
We can’t think of what to say.
We fear what unbelievers might think of us if we evangelize them.
Do you know what evangel means?
Good news!
Whoever turned on you when you gave them good news?
Regardless, we need to be courageous in proclaiming the good news.
Be bold.
In the book of Acts, you don’t see them stirred up and troubled.
You see them as bold messengers of the living God.
2. Be Ready to Give an Answer (3:15-18)
, “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.”
, “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.”
Have a Right Heart
The alternative to fear is to focus attention on someone else.
“But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy” (3:15a).
Anyone who meets the living God will have a holy dread.
, ‘But the LORD of hosts, him you shall regard as holy; let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.”
Treat Christ as holy, special.
Regard him reverently.
Holy evangelistic zeal comes from a heart and life surrendered to Christ as holy Lord of your life.
Do you want to honor him?
Be done with lesser things.
Be done with anything questionable.
Be done with half hearted prayers or a totally dead prayer life.
You have to sanctify Christ in your heart as holy.
God will use a clean vessel to pour out his Spirit.
Are you a clean vessel?
God can use a donkey, but he’s not going to use a dirty vessel.
Have a Ready Answer
“Always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (3:15b).
The stance of Christians toward unbelievers must never be merely passive or neutral.
We can’t just be focused on our own lives and forget the world lost in darkness.
It’s not an option for a Christian.
The last command of our Lord Jesus is to “Go!”
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Have the Right Attitude
Have the Right Attitude
How should you answer the lost?
You should do it 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.”
We approach God’s people with a sweet gentleness and respect for who they are.
We are to model the fruit of the Spirit, be salt and light to this dark world.
I’ve heard Christians share the Gospel in an angry, proud way.
That does not befit the sweetness of the Gospel.
We have gentleness and respect.
We share the Gospel like a heart surgeon, not a butcher.
Have a Good Conscience
, “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.”
We must have a good conscience when we evangelize.
We cannot trick our hearers into heaven.
Have the Right Message
, “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.”
“Always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (3:15b).
The word “reason” is “logos.”
People who know Christ sometimes sound like fools with no logic to this world.
The world asks, “What’s the reason, the logic behind your hope in Christ?”
We must have the right message and give people the reason of our hope – Christ redeems!
Jesus saves.
The logic behind the Cross is that we are all wretched sinners.
Christ loves us in our sin.
He died for us, “the Just for the unjust that he might bring us to God.”
People often say they are saved, and they don’t know the Gospel.
They don’t have a clear trust in the blood of Jesus.
They don’t understand his death and resurrection.
Listen, Jesus died vicariously for us.
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