Sermon Tone Analysis

To announcement as a church family.

We celebrate things as a church family and yesterday.

Yesterday was a very special day for Steve and Ruth when they celebrated 45 years of marriage.

So, absolutely

What is encouragement?

You guys are to my wife and I and we just want to say.

Congratulations.

And thank you.

Thank you.

For your testimony and your example.

So it's fun to celebrate those things together.

Isn't it 45 years?

What a blessing.

Where were looking at?

Pepper's Peter and and this passage coming on the heels of a Resurrection Sunday, as as we look to in, remember, Jesus Christ risen What an amazing passage that we actually get to look at today as we consider the the words that the Peter is writing his opinion.

And Peter has not mince words.

You'll have to agree in the last few verses.

Actually, the last chapter is so he's been very direct to the point as he has addressed, his read, both their actions, and their attitudes.

And in truth, be told our actions and attitudes are very important in our in our Christian walk.

Are they not Peter has been been addressing those at to the church as a whole all the way from 2:11.

Look at 2:11 is with me as I read.

It says beloved, I heard you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the full, keep your behavior.

Excellent.

Among the Gentiles, do that in the thing and which they slander, you is evil doers.

They may because of your good deeds as they observed them.

Glorify God in the day of visitation, we are in Piss, anticipating Jesus coming.

And as we are anticipating, we Behave a certain way.

Why?

Because this is not our home.

We are looking for something far better.

We are anticipating.

What is to come.

But Peter has been addressing how you and I behave.

and this morning, he's really going to dig into it to collapse plication throughout every single verse Got to tell you is a pastor.

I love passages like this because it's so in-your-face blatant easy to understand what we are to do.

I like knowing what I'm supposed to do.

But think about it, as Peter has been addressing things.

He's been going over with us on our attitude and actions concerning governing authorities that you and I are just submit to our rulers and authorities.

As a testimony, he is addressed that we are to have a submissive Spirit to those who are over us or employers those that we work for work with.

Those are popular subjects, are they?

In fact, I rather number is say they really struggled with that.

and Peter even went in to say that the year to do this, even if they are harsh, He then jumped into the passage of a marriage and our submission and honor.

That is to be displayed and exhibited in our marriage relationships and how they are to be a testimony.

Play appreciate celebrating marriage is like like the winds 45 years.

My wife and I we've only reach 20.

19 of them were happy.

We struggle to okay no.

I I love sharing that because as we go through marriage we were through those things.

But as Peter is going to unwrap for us and summarize for us in our versus today that will look at he's going to deal a great deal with your actions, your attitude, my actions, my attitude as a pertains to how we testify to Christ in our lives.

And there's a very practical.

Practical application at the end.

Turn with me to chapter 3, we're going to begin bursae.

It right the song.

Don't You Love summaries?

The summer, all of you be harmonious sympathetic brotherly kind hearted humble and Spirits.

Not returning, evil for evil in Sulfur in.

So I'll be giving a blessing instead for you.

Were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing for.

Then he quotes from psalm for the one who desires life.

To love and to Steve good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit he must turn away from Evil and do good.

He must seek peace and pursue it.

For the eyes of the Lord, are toward the righteous and his ears, attend to there, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

Who is there to harm you, if you prove zealous for what is good?

But even if you should suffer, for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed.

and do not fear their intimidation and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ, as Lord in your heart, always being ready to make a defense to everyone, who asked you to give an account for the hope that is in you yet with gentleness and reverence And keep a good conscience.

So that in the thing and which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior and Christ will be put to shame for.

It is better if God should will it so that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.

All of you.

Peter begins.

Addressing all of us thumbs this up.

You summing up our, our actions, in our attitudes as we demonstrated live for Christ and he's addressing all of us.

Just in case any of his readers up into this point, that doesn't pertain to me.

That doesn't pertain to me.

That doesn't pertain to me now.

He says this pertains to you.

All of us in.

And as we look at this, Peter is going to give us nine imperatives 9 commands that you and I are to implement into our life.

This is a 9 point sermon.

Just kidding, there's more points than that, but okay, these commands are are designed to have us live a life that demonstrates and testify to what Jesus Christ has done.

What we celebrated last week with the resurrection?

Our Lives.

Demonstrate that.

And Peter gives us a list of how we can do that in a very effective manner.

These are not suggestions.

As we go through these things today, don't think that these are suggestions and we can pick and choose the ones that are comfortable because you know what most of them are uncomfortable.

What I love about this list.

Is it spans time and culture?

No, we are not living in in Asia, where most of these readers were address.

We are not living in the Empire of Rome.

But guess what?

It still applies.

Don't you love the timelessness of God's word?

How we can look at it today, and it is applicable.

It's about all of this Christ.

Remains our example.

Remember when Peter address that?

You and I have an example.

So we're going to briefly look at these 9 commands.

That.

Demonstrate.