Standing Firm when Your Faith Is Questioned
1 Peter 3:13-17
Be prepared to tell others about Jesus when they ask.
I. Stand firm with Christ-like _______________, 3:13-14, 17.
A. Be committed to doing good, 1 Peter 2:9, 12.
B. You may suffer for it.
1. God will bless you, Matthew 5:10-12.
2. It is God’s will.
II. Stand firm with a confident _________________, 3:15-16.
A. Put your confidence in Jesus.
B. Be prepared to defend the reason for your hope.
1. Always be __________ to make a _____________…
2. To everyone who asks about the _________ in you.
III. Are you prepared to stand firm?
A. Do you have Christ’s hope in you?
B. Is Jesus Lord of your life?
C. Do you have your answers prepared?
Suggested resources:
Be prepared to tell others about Jesus when they ask.
I. Stand firm with Christ-like _______________, 3:13-14, 17.
A. Be committed to doing good, 1 Peter 2:9, 12.
B. You may suffer for it.
1. God will bless you, Matthew 5:10-12.
2. It is God’s will.
II. Stand firm with a confident _________________, 3:15-16.
A. Put your confidence in Jesus.
B. Be prepared to defend the reason for your hope.
1. Always be __________ to make a _____________…
2. To everyone who asks about the _________ in you.
III. Are you prepared to stand firm?
A. Do you have Christ’s hope in you?
B. Is Jesus Lord of your life?
C. Do you have your answers prepared?
Suggested resources:
- More Than a Carpenter, McDowell
- Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels & Mittlelberg
- The Case for Christ / Faith / The Creator / The Real Jesus, Strobel