1 Peter 3:1-7 | Sermon Resources | 12 January 2025
Sermon Summary
In the sermon this week Pastor Billy examines the beauty of God’s design for marriage as it is laid out in 1 Peter 3. We will consider the challenge, the calling, and the consequence of the Bible’s unique vision for marriage.
Discussion Questions
- What do you find most encouraging in this passage? How so?
- What most challenges you personally in this passage? How so?
- In what ways might we be tempted to discard or dilute Peter’s message in this passage?
- How specifically does this passage challenge some of the current cultural attitudes towards marriage, gender, and sexuality?
- What practically does it look like for a wife to “be subject” to her husband? What does it mean? What does it not mean?
- How does Jesus provide a picture of submission?
- Is Peter prohibiting women from braiding their hair or wearing jewelry? If not, what is he saying?
- What can women (and men!) do to cultivate a “gentle and quiet spirit”?
- What practically does it look like for husbands to “honor” their wives? In what way is this similar to yet different from the call for wives to “be subject”?
- How might wives being subject and husbands showing honor lead to a flourishing marriage?
- What do you think Peter means by referring to women as being the “weaker” vessels?
- What was your biggest takeaway from our discussion today?
Quotes
“If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” – Augustine
