1. 1 John 3:16
“We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”

3. Suffer For Doing What Is Right 3:18-4:2
1 Peter 3
Suffer For Doing
What Is Right
3:18-4:2

4. Suffer For Doing What Is Right
The Theme of Peter’s Epistle
This Pleases God.
JESUS CHRIST IS THE REASON

5. JESUS CHRIST IS THE REASON
Christ Did This.
Christ Gave Us the Ability to Do It.
Christ Gave Us the Motivation to Do It.

6. JESUS CHRIST IS THE REASON
To Do This You Have to Put to Death the Flesh (4:1-2).
Living in
The Flesh
Suffering in the Flesh

7. #1 – Christ Did It
2:21-24
Christ Suffered For Doing Right That He Might BRING US TO GOD.
Christ Was Put to Death in the Flesh…We are to Put the Flesh to Death (Rom. 6).
Christ Preached that Life Can Come Out of Death (Made Alive in the Spirit).

8. #2 – Christ Gave You the Ability to Do It.
This Ability Came Through the Waters of Baptism…Through the Resurrection of Christ (21).
You Were Made Alive Through Water Just Like Noah.
That Same Water Judged Others.
Baptism Is for Those Who Want to be Right With God.

9. #3 – Christ Gave You the Motivation
He Shows It Can Be Done.
He Shows What It Accomplishes (18, 21)
He Shows Us How Much He Wants Us to Do It (18).
He Shows Us That Our Persecutors Are Not Really In Charge (22). SO DON’T LET THEM HAVE CHARGE OVER YOUR LIFE.

10. Which Path Will You Take?
Living in
The Flesh
Suffering in the Flesh