1 Peter 3:13-22

13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” 15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. 17 For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits—20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were savedthrough water, 21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

If we see our sin and its seriousness then what is the solution: Second we have to

• Speak about the Savior

The solution to sin was a sacrifice. Scripture says verse 18 “Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit” Jesus came and lives a sinless life and then died as our substitute. He paid the price for our sins, taking the punishment and the penalty on the cross. Jesus didn’t come just to help me manage my mistakes, or unpack my baggage or help me have my best life now. He died in my place as my substitute because my sin was so foul and rancid and repugnant that it separated me from a holy God. When we don’t call sin what it is, we short-circuit the need for forgiveness and thus the necessity for the blood of Jesus Christ as payment for our sins. When it comes to sin stop trying to change the name, you don’t need a name change you need the name above all names, Jesus. So, let me ask you are you a sinner saved by grace or a sinner stuck in the grave? Have you ever admitted your sin and cried out to Jesus to save you? If you have are you sharing the story? If not why not. For most of us its fear, but Peter calls us to walk in worship not in worry, to live by faith and not by fear. Who do you know that needs to know? Are you going to share salvation with them? If we know Christ is the cure then why are we keeping Him a secret? Now when it comes to sharing Jesus we don’t have to be jerks. Peter reminds us to be respectful, being saved doesn’t make you superior it makes you a servant.