2 Corinthians 4:17
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison

I. Your Attitude

a. Honor

the Lord as holy

1 Peter 3:15a
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy…

b. Be prepared to make a

1 Peter 3:15b
always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you..

c. Do it with

and

Reveal Answer

1 Peter 3:15b
yet do it with gentleness and respect

d. Have a good

1 Peter 3:16
having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

II. Your Affliction Is

a. God is

1 Peter 3:17
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

b. Jesus is our

1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

c. Jesus

1 Peter 3:19-20
in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20a because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared,

FALSE TEACHING #1
Unbelievers can choose to follow Christ after death.

d. You’re not

1 Peter 3:20b
in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.

III. Your eternity is

a. We can be

1 Peter 3:21a
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you

FALSE TEACHING #2
Baptism is necessary for our salvation

b. We can have

with God

1 Peter 3:21b
not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience,

c. Jesus is

1 Peter 3:21b
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

d. Jesus is on His

1 Peter 3:22
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.