EXCELLENCE IN MARRIAGE

EXCELLENCE IN MARRIAGE

1 PETER 3:1-7

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE WIVES’ EXAMPLE [v. 1-6]

1. The Example for Husbands [v. 1]

2. The Explanation for Wives [v. 2-4]

3. The Example for Wives [v. 5-6]

II. THE HUSBANDS’ EXPECTATIONS [v. 7]

1. God Expects Him to Know His Wife

2. God Expects Him to Honor His Wife

Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

3. God Expects Him to Full-Partner His Wife

Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

Hebrews 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

III. THE LORD’S EXCELLENCE

Job 37:23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

1. He is Excellent in Power- God can Answer your Prayers [v. 7]

2. He is Excellent in Judgment- God can Assess your Worth [v. 4]

3. He is Excellent in Justice- God can Address your Situation [v. 5]