Recent Bible-NT - Bible Outline

1 Peter 3:1-6 — Submission in the Home

SUBMISSION OF WIVES TO HUSBANDS

THE DYNAMICS OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER AND ENCOURAGING FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT OUR GOAL OF TRUSTING OUR GREAT SHEPHERD TO EQUIP US TO DO THE WILL OF GOD

SUSTAINING PERSEVERANCE REQUIRES:

– STABILITY IN GRACE AND FAITH

– SACRIFICES OF PRAISE AND GOOD WORKS AND

– SUBMISSION TO OUR SPIRITUAL LEADERS

OUR LOVE AND REVERENT SERVICE TO GOD MUST BE COUPLED WITH CULTIVATING:

– AGGRESSIVE LOVE TOWARDS THE BRETHREN

– MARITAL FIDELITY AND

– CONFIDENT CONTENTMENT

THE SUPERIORITY OF THE NEW COVENANT BRINGS GREATER JUDGMENT IF WE FAIL HEED GOD’S WARNINGS

ENCOURAGE THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY:

– TO PERSEVERE IN RUNNING THE RACE AND

– TO PURSUE PEACE AND PURITY

DIVINE DISCIPLINE (IN THE FORM OF SUFFERING) COMES FROM THE HAND OF OUR LOVING FATHER FOR OUR GOOD

PERSEVERANCE IN FAITH AND MINISTRY REQUIRES MINIMIZING OBSTACLES AND MAINTAINING OUR FOCUS ON JESUS CHRIST

THESE FINAL HEROES OF FAITH HIGHLIGHT GRAND ACHIEVEMENTS, ENDURANCE THROUGH SEVERE SUFFERING AND THE HOPE OF ETERNAL REWARDS

FAITH FOCUSES ON THE UNSEEN GOD TO GAIN ETERNAL REWARD BY:

– CHOOSING GOD

– DELIVERING FROM DEATH AND BONDAGE

– CAPTURING ENEMY STRONGHOLDS TO ACHIEVE VICTORY

ONLY A LIFE OF FAITH PLEASES GOD – HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF THE FAITH OF THE PATRIARCHS THAT LOOKED FORWARD TO GOD’S PROMISES FOR THE FUTURE

ONLY A LIFE OF FAITH PLEASES GOD – HISTORICAL EXAMPLES OF ABEL, ENOCH AND NOAH