1 Peter - Excelling in Exile

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3:16-18 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 1 Peter 3:16-18 NIV 6

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a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil. 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, 1 Peter 3:16-18 ESV

16 having

a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. 17 For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 1 Peter 3:16-18 NKJV

16 Yet

do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 1 Peter 3:16-18 CSB

16 Do

it, though, with gentleness and respect. Hold on to a good conscience, so that when people revile your good behavior in the Messiah they may be ashamed. 17 It’s better to suffer for good conduct (if God so wills it) than for bad. 18 For the Messiah, too, suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, so that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the spirit. 1 Peter 3:16-18 NTW

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3:16-18 FIRST GLANCE - WHAT DOES IT SAY?

Peter is continuing his instruction on how we ________________ keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

_______________________ for our faith.

Peter turns the modern notion of ________________________ upside down.

Peter again reminds us that the primary form of persecution in 1 Peter was not ______________________ but ________________________.

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Peter again connects our ________________________ with Christ’s ______________________________.

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3:16-18 3:16-18 TAKE IT APART (and look at the pieces) - WHAT WORDS STAND OUT?

__________________________ (v. 16) - συνείδησις (suneidēsis)

_________________________________ (v. 16) - ἀγαθός (agathos)

__________________________ (v. 18) - προσάγω (prosagō)

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 1 Peter 3:16-18

__________________________ (v. 18) - ζωοποιέω (zōopoieō)

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1 PETER: EXCELLING IN EXILE 3:16-18 ASK AND ANSWER THE RIGHT QUESTIONS VARIOUS

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

Why is keeping a clear conscious ____________________________?

How do you keep your conscience __________________________?

How does your behavior influence someone else’s ______________________________________ state?

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Why does Peter want those who slander Christians to be _________________________________________?

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Why is it better to suffer for doing ____________ than ________________?

What does it mean to be ________________________ in the Spirit?

3:16-18 REALIZE THE WORD - HOW DOES IT ALL FIT TOGETHER?

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 1 Peter 3:16-18

CINEMA -

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1 PETER: EXCELLING IN EXILE CONTEXT -

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.

CROSS-REFERENCE -

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. 1 John 3:21-22 21

let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:22 22

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3:16-18 3:16-18 PUT IT BACK TOGETHER - WHAT DOES IT MEAN? PASTOR’S POINTS

Let’s remember that the point is to win ___________________, not just win ___________________________.

People will discover what’s really important to us by our _______________________, not by what we share on _______________________________.

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 1 Peter 3:16-18

It is not always God’s will to ___________________. Neither is it God’s will _____________________to suffer.

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How we _______________________________ is a powerful catalyst for life change in the heart of an unbeliever.

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 1 Peter 3:16-18

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Let’s be people that bring others into the _____________________ ______________________________.