Sermon Notes 9/6 – 1 Peter 3

1 PETER 3:8-12

Bible Principles from First Peter

Verse 8 – Finally – means Peter is making some more important points

All of you – these Bible principles are for every born-again believer

-Means to express the same thoughts and vision/to cooperate & be together

-We all have to be of one mind for doctrines and vision in the church

-We cannot do what we want to do in business, at work, school, church, or home

-Turn Away – means to lean away, swerve to avoid

-Sin – it is disobedience against God’s perfect word and doing what God forbids

– It is missing the target or mark

– It is an action which breaks a Bible principle

-Respectable sins are sins we feel are okay to do

-Do not categorize sins

-Sins are sins, but the consequences are different for each one

1. We rename it – Psalm 51:1-4,7-11

2. We try to hide it – Verse 12 – The Lord sees

-Never hide your sin – confess it/repent and be set free

-One thing we hide is our testimony

-A Lie – our faith in Christ needs to be public – Matthew 5:14-16

-Our faith is our Life – Colossians 3:1-4

-Seek and pursue – means to chase after and to hunt down – it is continual

-How do we hunt down peace?

WALK IN A SPIRIT OF RELEASE – Matthew 11:28 & 1 Peter 5:7

-Give everything to Jesus

-Cast is a wrestling term where you throw your opponent onto the mat

WE HAVE TO WATCH OUR MOUTHS – Isaiah 50:4

-Watch what you say to others and to yourself

-Our words contain power and peace

-Tongue of the learned – these are words shaped and trained by the Lord

-Speak Peace to yourself and others