062815AM Sermon Notes

CHRISTIANS IN A HOSTILE SOCIETY

1 PETER 3:8-12

Questions for Consideration:

What response should characterize the Christian community in a Hostile Society?

How are Christians to conduct themselves in a hostile society?

Christian relations to one another V 8

•   Harmonious living

•   Sympathetic

•   Brotherly love

•   Kindhearted

•   Humble

Christian behavior in a hostile society V 9, 10, 11

•   Improper responses:

–   Evil for evil

–   Insult for insult

•   Proper responses:

–   Give a blessing

–   Love Life

–   Keep your tongue from evil speech

–   Turn away from evil and do good

–   Seek Peace

–   Pursue Righteousness

The Foundational  Promise for the Christians in a Hostile Society   
Verse 3:12

•   The righteous are being observed

•   The evil doers are being observed

Here is the truth:  For us to be right we have to repent!