Lakeview Christian Center

Always Ready

1 Peter 3:15-16

Sanctify Christ as Lord

“In your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord…” (1 Peter 3:15)

-Christ reigning as Lord in our hearts
-Committed to the supremacy of Christ in all things for the joy
of all peoples
-Christ to exert his lordship over the things we cling to most
“There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: ‘Mine!’ ”
—Abraham Kuyper
-The unbelieving to declare Christ, with Thomas, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28)
-Church committed to the Kingdom of Christ so that “every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Phil. 2:11)

Always Ready to Give a Defense

“…always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope within you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame” (1 Peter 3:15-16)

-We would be a people who are eager to share the Gospel
-Freedom from the fear of man that prevents us from making a defense
-Our gentle and reverent defense would attract the lost
-Grace to suffer and be slandered for the sake of Christ the Lord
“I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name” (Acts 9:16)