1. SPEAK UP FOR JESUS
1 Peter 3:13-22

2. 1 Peter 2:12
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

3. 1 Peter 3:1-2
Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

4. But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts…
1 Peter 3:15a NASB
But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts…

5. Isaiah 8:12
It is the Lord of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread.

6. Isaiah 8:12
It is the Lord of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread.

7. From Matthew 10:16-33
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves … they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues … Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. You will be hated by all because of My name … Therefore do not fear them … What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

8. From Matthew 10:16-33
Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell … Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven…

9. Giving a Verbal Testimony
We must be prepared, which means we must prepare.
We are to be ready always.
We are to give an answer to everyone who asks, which assumes others see something different in us.
We are to testify with gentleness and respect.
We are to keep a clear conscience.

10. To Take Home
Believers must overcome fear and find courage to give a living and verbal testimony for Christ.

11. Challenge Fight the fear. Be courageous. Live for Jesus.
Speak up for Jesus.