1. FAITH THROUGH FIRE 1 PETER 3:13-22

2. 1 PETER Identity: Exiles on a Mission Our Move: Neighbors, Workers, Citizens, Spouses, Community Faith Through Fire

3. 1 PETER 3:13-22

4. Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 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;

5. 1 PETER 3:13-22... Yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

6. 1 PETER 3:13-22 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, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared...

7. 1 PETER 3:13-22... in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ...

8. 1 PETER 3:13-22...who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

9. 1 Peter 3:13-14

10. Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled...

11. 1 Peter 3:13-14 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled...

12. 1 Peter 3:15 Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 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...

13. 1 Peter 3:15-17 Yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

14. 1 Peter 3:15-17 Yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

15. OLD TESTAMENT EXAMPLES Joseph (Genesis Chapter 37-46)

16. OLD TESTAMENT EXAMPLES Joseph (Genesis Chapter 37-46) Daniel (Daniel 6)

17. Daniel 6:26 “People are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.”

18. 1 Peter 3:18 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

19. 1 Peter 3:18 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 Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. (22)

20. 1 Peter 3:19-20...in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.

21. 1 Peter 3:19-20...in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.

22. 1 Peter 3:21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ

23. 1 Peter 3:21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ

24. FAITH THROUGH FIRE

25. Get your roots deep in the firm foundation of truth

26. FAITH THROUGH FIRE “A few hours at church won’t be sufficient to give our worldview depth and durability if we soak in popular culture the rest of the week.” - Randy Alcorn

27. FAITH THROUGH FIRE Matthew 7:24-25: “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.”

28. Repeat what you know to overcome what you feel

29. Speak truth

30. Repeat what you know to overcome what you feel Pray truth

31. Repeat what you know to overcome what you feel Pray truth (Psalms) Psalm 3:3 – But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

32. Repeat what you know to overcome what you feel Pray truth (Psalms) Psalm 4:8 – In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

33. Repeat what you know to overcome what you feel Pray truth (Psalms) Psalm 8:1 – O LORD, our LORD, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

34. Repeat what you know to overcome what you feel Live truth