Sermon Notes October 18, 2015
“Peter’s Principles for Marriage”
(1 Peter 3:1-7)
I. God’s wise advice for _______________.
A. A wife’s ____________ is more influential with
her husband than her words. (1 Peter 3:1-2 … see
Acts 16:1; 1 Corinthians 7:12-13; Proverbs
27:15)
“The silent ____________ of a lovely life.”
B. A wife’s ____________ beauty is more important
than her external beauty. (1 Peter 3:3-4 … see
Proverbs 31:25; 31:30)
C. A wife’s ____________ of her husband is her
most powerful contribution to his life. (1 Peter
3:5-6 … see Genesis 12:4-5)
“This is the one I ____________ upon.)
II. God’s wise advice for _______________.
(1 Peter 3:7)
A. A husband should ____________ his wife well.
You have to spend time with your wife actually
____________.
B. A husband should treat his wife with __________
as the weaker partner. (Ephesians 5:25-26)
Men and women are not ____________.
C. A husband should treat his wife with __________
as a joint heir of God’s grace.
Husbands and wives stand on ____________
footing before God.
Response Questions …
Wives …
Which tactic better describes how you try to
impact your husband’s actions … your words or
your actions?
Are you more concerned about your internal
beauty or your external beauty? Would others
agree with that assessment?
In what ways do you show your husband that you
trust him?
Husbands …
How well do you think you really know your wife?
Do you think she would say you spend plenty of
time talking with her … or would she like more?
In what ways do you take care of your wife? Are
those the ways your wife wants to be cared for?
In what ways do you show your wife you honor
her as an equal partner before the Lord?