First Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

  • Welcome
  • About Us
    • Service Times
    • Find Us
    • Calendar
    • Meet our Team
  • Blog
  • Resources
    • Sermons
    • Devotionals
  • Good News!
  • Ministries
    • Resources
    • Youth Ministry Forms
  • Contact Us
  • Give

Devotional: 1 Peter 3:1-7

Today’s passage: 1 Peter 3:1-7

Helpful thoughts:

  • There are various imperfect relationships that we are called to submit to within in these passages.  Marriage is included in that list.
  • An unbelieving husband will not be won to the Lord with external physical beauty, but with internal humble godliness.
  • This counsel is being given to women who are specifically under the pressure of ungodly leadership from their husbands.
    • Sarah’s example of submission should make us think of the episodes where Abraham told her to say she was his sister! (Genesis 12:10-20 & Genesis 20:1-18)
  • A husband who takes advantage of his wives’ responsibility to be submissive (Treating her as if she is inferior) will not be heard by God when he prays.

Questions to consider:

  1. Why is it often so hard for women to commit to the idea of submission?  What is inevitably, eventually, going to happen with an imperfect man leading in the home?
  2. Why is it often too easy for a man to misuse, abuse, or even abandon the leadership role he has been given?
  3. How could the counsel to “Not let your adorning to be external” or of the “beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit” be misused?  Why is it wrong to use this passage to tell women they shouldn’t wear make-up or be allowed to speak their mind?  Is it possible to speak your mind and still be submissive?  What would that look like?
  4. Who must women see as their example in submitting to imperfect leadership? (Hint: Go back and read 1 Peter 2:21-25)

January 17, 2019 Category: 1 Peter, Devotions

Recent on the Blog

  • Sermon: Isaiah 55
  • Sermon: Matthew 12:43-50
  • Sermon: Matthew 12:38-42
  • Sermon: Matthew 12:33-37

Devotionals by Book

  • Devotions
  • Sportacular – Register Now

Sermons by Book

  • Sermons

Inside

  • Welcome
  • About Us
    • Service Times
    • Find Us
    • Calendar
    • Meet our Team
  • Blog
  • Resources
    • Sermons
    • Devotionals
  • Good News!
  • Ministries
    • Resources
    • Youth Ministry Forms
  • Contact Us
  • Give

Search

Copyright © 2025 · First Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant, Michigan · 1802 E. High Street Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 (Directions) · (989) 775-5578 · Contact Us