Repay Evil with Blessing

1 Peter 3.8-12
Repay Evil with Blessing

A. A DIFFICULT DUTY? OPEN YOUR BIBLE [10-12]

            1.  Difficult duties  [1 Peter 2.11-3.7]

            2.  Peter’s practice  [Psalm 34]

                            a.  Promises

                            b.  Instructions

                            c.  Assurances

B. A DIFFICULT PERSON? OPEN YOUR HEART [8]

            1.  Central focus:  love

                            Colossians 3.12-14

                            1 Peter 1.22;  2.17;  4.8-10;  5.14

            2.  The mind

                            a.  like minded

                            b.  humble minded

            3.  The feelings

                            a.  sympathetic

                            b.  compassionate

C. A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE? OPEN HEAVEN’S STOREHOUSE [9]

            1.  Do not repay evil with evil

            2.  Repay evil with blessing

                            1 Thessalonians 5.14-15

                            Romans 12.14, 17-21

                            Matthew 5.43-46

How?

            1.  Try to understand others

            2.  See yourself as God’s gift

            3.  Be faithful to do what God says

John Olson