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1 Peter 3:13-14 (NIV)

1 Peter 3:13-14 (NIV). 13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed . "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." . Matthew 5:11-12 (NIV).

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1 Peter 3:13-14 (NIV)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:13-14 (NIV) 13Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? 14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened."

  2. Matthew 5:11-12 (NIV) 11"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. "

  3. Isaiah 8:12-13 (NIV) 12 "Do not call conspiracy everything that these people call conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. 13 The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread….”

  4. 1. Suffering Produces Blessing as We Worship and Witness 1 Peter 3:15-16 (NIV) 15But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

  5. 1. Suffering Produces Blessing as We Worship and Witness 1 Peter 3:15-16 (NIV) 16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

  6. 2. Suffering Produces Blessing because Christ Suffered for Us 1 Peter 3:17-18 (NIV) 17It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit….

  7. 3. Suffering Produces Blessing because We have been Saved by Christ 1 Peter 3:20b-21 (NIV) In [Noah’s ark] only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also – not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God.

  8. 3. Suffering Produces Blessing because We have been Saved by Christ 1 Peter 3:20b-21 (NIV) It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ ….

  9. 4. Suffering Produces Blessing because Christ is Victorious 1 Peter 3:22 (NIV) 22[Jesus Christ] has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand – with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

  10. 4. Suffering Produces Blessing because Christ is Victorious 1 Peter 3:19-20 (NIV) 19 through [the Spirit] also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built ….

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