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Ken Smythe brings us a scripture-filled study of the third chapter of 1 Peter. Ken focuses on the importance of marriage and the manners within a godly marriage. Let's learn the Bible together!
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Chartridge Mission Church, a beacon of faith, was founded in 1844 and remains in the village of Chartridge, just outside Chesham, in the picturesque Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
We are a warm and welcoming fellowship and would be delighted to have you visit us in person. Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm, followed by refreshments.
Our Church is fully accessible, with wheelchair ramps and an accessible toilet, ensuring everyone can participate in our services.
Chartridge Mission Church, Chapel Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2TH
The village Church with an international audience.
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Recorded on Sunday, 16th November 2025.
Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm.
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The Friendliest Fellowship.
Ken Smythe brings us a scripture-filled study of the third chapter of 1 Peter. Ken focuses on the importance of marriage and the manners within a godly marriage. Let's learn the Bible together!
Ken Smythe's YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeLtfVhcCUFsHo6mxlPChSfzACF5LaKY2
Chartridge Mission Church, a beacon of faith, was founded in 1844 and remains in the village of Chartridge, just outside Chesham, in the picturesque Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
We are a warm and welcoming fellowship and would be delighted to have you visit us in person. Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm, followed by refreshments.
Our Church is fully accessible, with wheelchair ramps and an accessible toilet, ensuring everyone can participate in our services.
Chartridge Mission Church, Chapel Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2TH
The village Church with an international audience.
Support our work at Chartridge Mission Church:
Donations via Stewardship.org.uk:
https://www.stewardship.org.uk/partners/20005300
Cheques can be made payable to Chartridge Mission Church and sent to the above address for the attention of Pastor Barry Kempson.
Recorded on Sunday, 16th November 2025.
Join us for our Sunday service at 6 pm.
www.Chartridge.UK
The Friendliest Fellowship.
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00:00Grace and love, like mighty rivers, poured in session from above,
00:11and has peace and perfect justice, keeps the guilty world in love.
00:24Why don't you open your Bibles, please, to 1 Peter chapter 3.
00:30We're going to be going through it as much as we can, as much as we are able to break it down,
00:37to be relevant to us and to the state that we are in, not only physically, personally, but the church as a whole.
00:48So, 1 Peter chapter 3.
00:51Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word,
00:56they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives.
01:00When they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear,
01:04do not let your adornment be merely outward, arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel.
01:11Rather, let it be the hidden person of the heart with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
01:17which is very precious in the sight of God.
01:19For in this manner, in former times, the holy woman who trusted in God also adorned themselves,
01:24being submissive to their own husbands.
01:27As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose daughters you are, if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.
01:33Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honour to the wife as to the weaker vessel,
01:40and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
01:44Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another, love as brothers, be tender-hearted, be courteous,
01:53not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, blessing,
01:59knowing that you were called to this, that you may indeed inherit a blessing.
02:06For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
02:15Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.
02:19For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers.
02:24But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
02:28And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?
02:33But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed.
02:37And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.
02:40But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defence to everyone who asks you a reason
02:47for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear, having a good conscience,
02:53that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ,
02:58may be ashamed.
02:59For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
03:05For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,
03:11being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by the Spirit,
03:14by whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
03:17who formerly were disobedient when once the divine long-suffering waited in the days of Noah
03:22while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
03:29There is also an antitype, which now saves us, baptism,
03:34that not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God
03:40through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God,
03:46angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to him.
03:51And so, we start this chapter off with marriage.
03:58Marriage was instigated in Genesis.
04:01A man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
04:04and the two shall become one flesh.
04:08Marriage is a difficult institution,
04:11because two strangers suddenly decide, well, they don't suddenly decide,
04:14but the decision is made, I want to marry you, I want to be joined with you,
04:19I want to have a family with you, I want to live with you.
04:23And the two then get together, and in days gone by,
04:29and it's becoming more and more rare nowadays, children are born,
04:33which is what God is wanting, to procreate, to fill the earth with children,
04:38maybe with other spirits of just men who will be made perfect as they now grow up.
04:48But marriage is a very difficult institution,
04:51because you have to learn to understand and to live with the person
04:56that you have committed your life to.
04:59Commitment nowadays is not worth very much,
05:05because the commitment made by the people depends upon not only their standing,
05:12but their ability to comprehend what life is,
05:16and our responsibility to one another.
05:20People are selfish, they want to do things their own way, in their own time,
05:25never mind what their partners would want to do.
05:28And, as a result, divorce has become a great serious problem.
05:36God hates divorce.
05:37He says so in Malachi, because it fools one's garments with violence.
05:43And he speaks about it quite clearly and honestly,
05:46that he's very, very disgusted with people that do get divorced.
05:50We're told in other places that the only legal precedent which would sanction divorce is adultery in the home.
06:00But other than that, no ways.
06:03We have been committed to our spouses,
06:07whichever way, male or female, male or female.
06:10But that commitment is for life,
06:14forever and ever until we die.
06:16That is what marriage is.
06:18That is what, I didn't fall in love with you,
06:21and now I'm falling out of love with you,
06:23because my situation has changed a little bit,
06:26and the feeling that I had in the beginning is not the same as it used to be now.
06:31And you don't quite meet the expectations that I have of you,
06:35so I'm going to look for somebody else who might be more suitable for me.
06:40It doesn't work like that.
06:42We make a commitment to our spouses for life,
06:45whether it is good or bad.
06:48We have spoken the word,
06:50and we need to ratify that with our lives for our spouses.
06:55It doesn't matter how bad it is or how good it is.
06:58We are committed till death do us part.
07:02It is something that is,
07:03it's almost an unspoken law now that till death do us part,
07:07but it is still relevant.
07:09And it is relevant for many,
07:12many reasons,
07:13far more so for us who are in the church,
07:15because if I'm committed to my wife,
07:18I have a testimony to uphold,
07:20not only before her,
07:22but to the whole of society.
07:24It's not Ken.
07:25It's not Leanna.
07:26It's Ken and Leanna.
07:27Always.
07:28It's Ken and Leanna.
07:29It's Ken and Leanna.
07:30If it becomes Ken only,
07:33where is Leanna?
07:34Why is she left out of the equation?
07:37What is happening?
07:38Is the marriage okay?
07:39Is it working well?
07:40What is happening?
07:41And questions start getting raised.
07:43How's it going there?
07:45What is happening?
07:46Is it all right?
07:46And it's natural to be curious about people.
07:50And the more curious we get,
07:51the more answers we need to be able to make good judgments and understanding,
07:57to support and encourage and exhort if necessary,
08:01the couples who might be in trouble or might be heading for trouble,
08:05or maybe their relationship is strained.
08:07But that straining is good.
08:10And if you are able to recognize and realize,
08:15particularly from the church point of view,
08:18that we are not our own,
08:20we have been bought at a price.
08:23I do not belong to myself anymore.
08:26I belong to the Lord Jesus Christ,
08:28who saved me and died for me
08:31and is resurrected and intercedes for me.
08:35And so the end of my walk upon this earth
08:39is going to be to give an answer to God Almighty
08:44for the things done here.
08:47If I'm going to get rid of my wife,
08:50then that casts doubt on my readiness
08:54to agree to the testimony that I have
08:59with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
09:01If I cannot keep my word with my wife
09:04and if she cannot keep her word with me,
09:06how can I keep my word to God?
09:08And so it is vital in every single circumstance and situation,
09:12we need to recognize that we are being tried
09:17and that we are being tested for the life which is yet to come.
09:22There's a common misconception that when we get to heaven,
09:25we're going to be sitting down on our backsides
09:27and just resting and doing nothing.
09:29I disagree with that.
09:30When we get to heaven, we'll be there for a little bit.
09:33We're going to be having, Lord willing,
09:35the marriage supper of the Lamb.
09:37We'll be coming back with the Lord
09:39and we will be ruling and reigning with Him.
09:41We will have authority by Him.
09:44Already we are spoken of in the book of Peter.
09:47In Peter chapter 2, he says,
09:50You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
09:53a holy nation, His own special people.
09:56Do we realize who we are in the Lord?
10:00That we are not just a little congregation here in Chartreuse.
10:03Sometimes there are only three or four.
10:05Sometimes there are eight or nine.
10:07Not many people, nothing to be counted,
10:09nothing to be said.
10:10Wow, look at that church there.
10:12Even the population of Chartreuse
10:16barely knows that this church exists.
10:19One day when I was doing plumbing in Lee Common,
10:22when I was speaking to the lady,
10:24she says, I go to church.
10:26And I said, well, I do too.
10:27Where do you go?
10:28I said, I go to Chartreuse.
10:29We're in Chartreuse.
10:30I said, there's a little church along the road.
10:32You mean that little dump?
10:34That?
10:35Is that a church?
10:36And that is what the people think or thought.
10:39This was many years ago now of Chartreuse at the time.
10:42But this is what God has given us.
10:45And He's looking to see
10:46if we are going to be faithful in the small things.
10:50As husbands and wives need submission to one another,
10:54the husband has to love his wife
10:56as Christ loved the church.
10:59He loved the church so much
11:00that He gave Himself for the church.
11:03The church is not just a place
11:05where we meet together
11:07to sing lovely choruses, lovely hymns,
11:09where we look at the Word of God
11:11and speak about the Word of God
11:12and say, oh, that's a good message.
11:14I wonder what can be interesting.
11:15What can be found out of that?
11:16But this is the manual for life for us.
11:20This is telling us
11:21how we need to conduct ourselves
11:23for eternity, forever and ever.
11:26Do you believe that?
11:28Because that is where we need to be in our belief.
11:32That this is just a testing ground.
11:35James speaks about our lives here.
11:37He says we are like a vapor.
11:39We are here today and we are gone tomorrow.
11:41And when I look back on my life
11:4370-odd years ago,
11:46it's just memories.
11:48Some good, some bad.
11:49But it's memories.
11:50There's nothing tangible.
11:52There's nothing you can say,
11:53wow, look at this.
11:53I've built this empire.
11:55No, there's nothing.
11:57There's nothing.
11:58And when we go,
11:59what do we do when we go?
12:02We go naked,
12:04like when we came.
12:06So whatever we built,
12:07whether it's an empire
12:08or whether it's nothing,
12:09we're leaving everything behind
12:11and we're going with nothing.
12:13All that we're going with
12:14is our spirit.
12:16And all that is going there
12:17is my personality,
12:20my character,
12:21which is being developed today
12:23with you all here as well.
12:25All our characters are being developed
12:26with every test and trial
12:29and circumstance and situation.
12:31How are we going to stand
12:33with that particular test
12:35which has been brought upon us?
12:37Even me tonight here,
12:39this is a test and a trial for me.
12:41What do I say about this section
12:42that I have been asked to speak upon?
12:45And so the Lord is giving me words
12:47to be able to compare the church
12:49that Christ died for.
12:52He's building his church.
12:54His church is you and I.
12:57We are living stones.
12:59We're being built up into this building
13:01for a dwelling place of God
13:03and the Spirit.
13:04How wonderful is that?
13:07It's something very emotional to me
13:10and something so, so profound
13:12that God is using us
13:14to build his church.
13:16He's not using the famous apostles
13:19and the prophets and the teachers.
13:21Yes, he did use that in the past
13:23and all those things we are told
13:25in the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 10.
13:28And he said,
13:29these things all happen to them
13:30as examples.
13:32If something is given to me
13:34as an example,
13:35I need to understand
13:36the reason and the purpose.
13:38What is it going to mean to me?
13:39What am I going to come up against?
13:42And how am I going to manage this?
13:44They didn't manage it.
13:47And so Christ said,
13:48I'm going to build my church
13:50and the gates of Hades
13:51shall not prevail against it.
13:52And he's using you and I
13:54now to build that
13:55with the characters
13:56and the abilities
13:58that he has given us.
14:00Flesh and blood
14:00cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
14:02Christ died on the cross.
14:04He was crucified
14:04and he was raised.
14:07A resurrected body,
14:09in a resurrected body,
14:10we are going to have to
14:12be released from our bodies
14:14that our spirits may return
14:16to God who gave it.
14:17So wives need to be
14:20submissive to their husbands.
14:23Submissive in today's language
14:27is a very seriously
14:30demeaning word in a sense.
14:32And if you say to a woman
14:34off the street,
14:34you need to submit to your husband,
14:36she'll probably throw a handbag
14:38at you or something in anger
14:39because how dare you say
14:41that I need to be submissive to him.
14:44We are the same
14:44and he listens to me
14:46and we have our work to do
14:48and how dare you do that.
14:50But that is what the world sees
14:51and the world understands.
14:53But in the hierarchy of God,
14:55Adam was formed first
14:57and he gave Eve to Adam
14:59for a help me.
15:01It tells us here that
15:02the wife is the weaker vessel.
15:05Sometimes not physically weaker,
15:08sometimes not spiritually weaker,
15:10but the wife is a weaker spirit,
15:18if I can put it that way.
15:19I can't describe it
15:21in any broader terms than that.
15:23But I see it with my wife.
15:25She will see something
15:26and I'll say,
15:26no, no, no,
15:27that's not right.
15:28Go and do this and do this.
15:29Oh, yes, I see it now.
15:31Because she sees the beauty of things,
15:33the comfort of the things,
15:34the softness of the things.
15:35She sees the things
15:36from a woman's perspective of love,
15:39of acceptance of everything.
15:42Whereas I see it as,
15:44well, there's a problem,
15:44I've got to sort that out.
15:46And you get into trouble
15:48with an attitude like that
15:49because every time,
15:51love, I need help with this.
15:52What's the problem?
15:53You know, how can I sort it?
15:54There's not a problem.
15:55Just do something.
15:57And we are different,
15:59but the differences complement each other
16:01to make an unbreakable bond.
16:06If you splice a rope together
16:09with the same type of rope,
16:12it won't break.
16:13But if you take a stronger and a weaker,
16:16it'll break eventually.
16:18The wife and the husband
16:20have been perfectly joined together
16:22in their spirits to worship God
16:25and also to make the way
16:27through life that we have.
16:29Life is not easy.
16:31We've sung that hymn
16:32and it's covered many, many, many things.
16:34The church is sore pressed.
16:36Marriages are sore pressed.
16:39Life is getting more difficult
16:40with the cost and with the expenses
16:42and even with the pressure
16:46by the communities on life itself.
16:50We are almost secluded
16:53from the communities
16:54because we keep company
16:56with like-minded people.
16:59If we can.
17:00I spend my week
17:02not being able to be
17:04in the company
17:05of like-minded people
17:07and it's not a pleasant place to be
17:10because that is entirely opposite
17:12to the holiness
17:13and the righteousness
17:14which I'm used to
17:15in the company
17:16of born-again believers.
17:18The world is rotten
17:19and the world is falling apart
17:21physically
17:22and also spiritually.
17:24The God of this world
17:25is breaking it all together,
17:27but he cannot touch us
17:28in the church
17:29depending, of course,
17:30upon our commitment
17:31to the wife
17:33or to the husband.
17:35Christ is our bridegroom.
17:38He gave himself for us
17:39that the church
17:42might survive,
17:43that he might wash her
17:45and cleanse her
17:45with the washing of water
17:47by the word,
17:48that he should present
17:49that church to himself
17:50spotless
17:51and without blemish.
17:53God has got a goal
17:55for the church,
17:56whether it is Charteridge,
17:57whether it is Quainton,
17:58whether it is the broader church,
17:59but it's the true church
18:00nonetheless,
18:01not the Church of England,
18:03not the Roman Catholic Church.
18:05It's the church
18:05that was bought
18:06by the blood of Jesus
18:07and we are those people now
18:09that have to
18:10not only look to the church
18:11and say,
18:12well, you know,
18:12I've been faithful
18:13in coming to Charteridge
18:14every Sunday
18:15for the last four or five years
18:17or however long it is
18:18and I've been faithful
18:19in attending the meetings
18:20and I've been faithful
18:21in contributing
18:22and I've been faithful
18:23in supporting
18:24but what about
18:25the faithfulness
18:26to your own marriage,
18:28to the church in general,
18:31to your own family,
18:33husbands,
18:34love your wives
18:35as Christ loved the church.
18:37Are we able to do that
18:39when all else fails,
18:42when your wife
18:43has made you so angry,
18:45all you want to do
18:45is just walk out of the door.
18:48We have to be strong
18:50and if we can be strong
18:52at home
18:52in situations like that,
18:54we can be strong
18:54in the church as well
18:56and supporting
18:57and encouraging
18:58one another all the time
18:59and the church won't break.
19:02Christ is the head
19:02of the church.
19:03We are members
19:04of his body.
19:06If one member suffers,
19:07all the members
19:07suffer together
19:08but he is the head
19:10of the church.
19:11He's bought the church
19:12with his own blood
19:14and he's building us up
19:15in that most holy faith.
19:17And so he goes on here
19:20in Peter chapter 3
19:22speaking to the wives,
19:24speaking about
19:25the hidden person
19:26with the incorruptible beauty
19:28of a gentle
19:29and a quiet spirit
19:30which is very precious
19:32in the sight of God.
19:34That is the person
19:36that God sees,
19:37recognizes,
19:38understands
19:38and will compensate.
19:41It is that hidden person,
19:43the spirit person.
19:45Husbands,
19:45dwell with them
19:46likewise with understanding,
19:47giving honor to the wife
19:49as to the weaker vessel
19:50and being heirs together
19:52of the grace of life
19:54that your prayers
19:54may not be hindered.
19:57A twofold cord
19:58is not easily broken
19:59or a threefold cord
20:00is not easily broken,
20:01the husband,
20:02the wife
20:02and God
20:03with them.
20:05But we need to have
20:06a common understanding
20:07and a common mind.
20:08One mind,
20:09we are told in verse 8,
20:10having compassion
20:11for one another,
20:12being tender hearted,
20:14being courteous
20:15and not returning evil
20:17for evil.
20:17It's so easy
20:18to be critical.
20:20It's so easy
20:21to point fingers.
20:22I told you, sir,
20:24but why didn't you see that?
20:25Why didn't you do that?
20:26No, that doesn't look good enough.
20:28You should do...
20:29All those things are,
20:31could I say,
20:32fiery darts
20:33of the wicked one.
20:34We are not immune
20:36from the wiles
20:37of the devil.
20:39He has us
20:41in his target
20:41all the time.
20:42Yes, greater is
20:43he who is in us
20:44than he who is
20:45in the world
20:46because it is my soul
20:47which is going
20:48to answer to God.
20:49It is my soul
20:50that the devil
20:51is wanting to get
20:52but he can't get it
20:53as long as I am
20:54in Christ.
20:55And as long as I
20:56recognize that
20:57I am
20:57a born-again believer,
21:00my home is in heaven,
21:01my father is
21:02God the Father,
21:04my brother is
21:05the Lord Jesus Christ.
21:06And as long as I believe
21:07the word
21:08that has been given
21:09to me,
21:09I am okay.
21:10But the fiery darts
21:12still come
21:12and how do we
21:14handle them?
21:15Have we got the shield
21:16of righteousness,
21:18the breastplate of righteousness
21:19and the shield of faith
21:21with which to quench
21:22all the fiery darts
21:23of the wicked one?
21:24It can come from
21:24inside the church.
21:25It can come from
21:26outside the church.
21:27If somebody is not
21:28walking in the spirit,
21:29if somebody is not
21:30walking with the Lord,
21:31even a believer,
21:33he could be persuaded
21:35to come out
21:36with a reviling accusation
21:38or some nasty snide comment
21:40or something
21:42which can break down
21:43brothers and sisters
21:44in Christ.
21:45We need to be so careful
21:47about who we are,
21:48about that wonderful
21:49position that we are in
21:51to be able to have
21:52the ability
21:54to support
21:55and encourage,
21:56but also recognizing
21:58that as we have that,
21:59we can also break down
22:01those with whom
22:02we have to do,
22:03those whom we love.
22:05not returning evil
22:07for evil
22:08or reviling for revival,
22:09but on the contrary,
22:10blessing,
22:11knowing that you
22:12were called to this
22:13that you may
22:14inherit a blessing.
22:16No more can we just
22:17look to ourselves
22:18and say,
22:18well, it is only me
22:19and my wife.
22:21It is not only me
22:22and my wife.
22:22It is me and my wife
22:24and the Lord
22:24and we need to
22:25make sure
22:26that we are
22:27consecrated in Him.
22:28And if we are
22:29unequally yoked,
22:31even more so,
22:32the challenge becomes
22:33even more difficult
22:34because there now
22:35you have light
22:36cohabiting with darkness
22:37and it is even
22:39more difficult
22:39because the goals
22:41are the same
22:41and the ability
22:45to adapt
22:46is the same
22:47and the understanding
22:48is different.
22:49All these things,
22:50they all create
22:52hassles
22:54and stumbling blocks
22:57for good,
22:58healthy marriages.
22:59and so
23:01we need to look
23:03to ourselves
23:04to our home lives
23:05and make sure
23:06that everything
23:07that we do there
23:09is difficult
23:10as it is sometimes
23:11but also too
23:13the Lord
23:14will ratify us
23:16and He will bring us
23:17through any situations
23:18which might arise there.
23:21This happens
23:21with cooperation
23:22from the wives
23:23being submissive
23:24to their husbands
23:24but also husbands
23:26loving their wives.
23:29The one
23:29complements the other
23:31and the two
23:32work together
23:33in one.
23:37Now,
23:38if we go on
23:39to verse 13,
23:40Who is he
23:41who will harm you
23:42if become followers
23:43of what is good?
23:45But even if you
23:46should suffer
23:46for righteousness' sake
23:47you are blessed
23:48and do not be afraid
23:50of the threats
23:51nor be troubled
23:52but sanctify the Lord
23:54God in your hearts
23:55and always be ready
23:56to give a defense
23:57to everyone
23:58who asks you
23:59a reason
23:59for the hope
24:00that is in you
24:01with meekness
24:02and fear
24:02having a good conscience
24:04that when they defame
24:05you as evildoers
24:06those who revile
24:08your good conduct
24:09in Christ
24:09may be ashamed
24:11for it is better
24:12if it is the will
24:13of God
24:13to suffer
24:13for doing good
24:14than for doing evil.
24:17Sanctify the Lord
24:18God in your hearts.
24:20He is sanctified
24:21in our hearts.
24:22We know that.
24:23But always be ready
24:25to give a defense.
24:26Can you do that?
24:27Are you able
24:27to give
24:28a logic defense
24:30for the reason
24:31that we have
24:32of the hope
24:34that is in us?
24:35To do it
24:36without alienating
24:38the questioner.
24:40To do it
24:40in a manner
24:41which would
24:42exude love
24:43and compassion
24:44and kindness
24:44and tenderness
24:45to the person
24:47who is asking
24:48the question.
24:49Sanctifying
24:50the Lord God
24:50in your hearts.
24:52Separating
24:52the Lord God
24:53from your
24:53everyday life
24:54in a sense.
24:55Making sure
24:56that he is
24:56on the throne
24:57as he ought to be
24:58and he is not
24:59just your happy mate
25:00just walking
25:01along with you.
25:02We need to
25:03worship God
25:03in the right manner
25:04and the appropriate
25:06ways.
25:07Sanctifying him
25:08and being ready
25:09to give that defense.
25:10The defense
25:11is why we have
25:12been given the armor.
25:14The whole armor
25:14of God
25:15to stand against
25:16the wiles of the devil.
25:17Remember that armor
25:18is not an attacking armor.
25:20Even the sword
25:21is for defense.
25:23But everything
25:24that we have been given
25:25in the book
25:26of Ephesians
25:27chapter 6
25:28is to defend
25:29ourselves
25:30and to defend
25:31the faith
25:31against the attacks
25:33of the wicked one.
25:34Wicked one
25:35goes around
25:35like a roaring lion
25:37seeking whom
25:37he may devour
25:38and he has us
25:40as his target.
25:41Right back
25:42in the book
25:43of Genesis
25:43chapter 3
25:44after Cain
25:47and Abel
25:48had offered up
25:48their sacrifice
25:49Cain was downcast
25:51and God came
25:52and said to him
25:53what's your problem?
25:54And then he said
25:56to him
25:57sin is lying
25:58crouching at your door
26:00waiting to devour you
26:01but you need
26:02to overcome it.
26:03We need to recognize
26:04who we are
26:05in Christ
26:06that sin
26:07is a mortal enemy
26:08the devil
26:09the wicked one
26:10is a mortal enemy
26:11but we have to
26:12be able to
26:13to make that stand
26:15and to give that defense
26:16with a reason
26:18not just because
26:19I think I should go to church
26:21and I've been to church
26:22and I'm okay
26:23but why
26:24why do I have a reason?
26:26What is the hope I have?
26:28Can I ratify it
26:29with facts?
26:30The facts come out
26:31of the word of God
26:32and it is only by knowledge
26:34of the word of God
26:35that we are able
26:36to present
26:37a satisfactory argument
26:40to those
26:40who ask a reason
26:41for the hope
26:42that is in you
26:43with meekness
26:44and in fear.
26:45What is your hope
26:46tonight?
26:48Has it extended
26:49beyond
26:50the end of the month
26:52or the end of the year?
26:53Has it extended
26:54as far as dying?
26:56Has it extended
26:57as beyond
26:58the deathbed
26:59to when we stand
27:01before the Lord
27:02for the spirit
27:03will return
27:04to God
27:04who gave it?
27:05We are not
27:06physical people
27:08we're physical
27:09in our bodies
27:10the bodies die
27:10but you cannot kill
27:11an immaterial thing
27:12which is the spirit
27:13the spirit
27:14will return
27:15to God
27:15who gave it
27:16God is spirit
27:17and it is there
27:17that we'll answer
27:18for the things
27:19that we've done
27:19in the body
27:20so we need
27:22to be able
27:22to be ready
27:23all the time
27:24to give
27:25a satisfactory
27:26honest diagnosis
27:28and reason
27:29for the hope
27:30that we have
27:30remembering
27:31it is only
27:32by grace
27:33that we've been saved
27:34we cannot stand
27:35on our own
27:35recognizance
27:36it is only
27:37on the word
27:38of God
27:38that we have
27:39God is working
27:40in us
27:40and he's called
27:41us to be
27:41those believers
27:43that have the ability
27:44to comprehend
27:45and to walk
27:46in the light
27:47and to know
27:47and understand
27:48the word
27:48that he's given us
27:49so we need
27:51to be able
27:51to do that
27:52having a good
27:52conscience
27:53that when they
27:54defame you
27:55as evildoers
27:56those who revile
27:57your good conduct
27:58in Christ
27:59may be ashamed
28:00once more
28:01your conduct
28:01is being brought
28:02up to the
28:03to the mark here
28:04how are we
28:05conducting ourselves
28:06conducting ourselves
28:07in our marriage
28:08conducting ourselves
28:09in the society
28:10in which we live
28:11conducting ourselves
28:13in the community
28:13in which we
28:14in which we
28:16move around
28:16and we have
28:17some means
28:21of influence
28:23so we need
28:25to identify
28:26who we are
28:28in the Lord
28:29and be able
28:30to give that
28:31defense to everyone
28:32who asks a reason
28:33that we have
28:33the last section
28:36that we have here
28:37it speaks about
28:38Christ's suffering
28:39every almost
28:40every chapter
28:41in Peter's book
28:42he speaks about
28:43the sufferings
28:43of Christ
28:44Christ suffered
28:45once for sins
28:47the just
28:48for the unjust
28:49that he might
28:50bring us to God
28:51being put to death
28:52in the flesh
28:53but made alive
28:54by the spirit
28:56by whom also
28:57he went and preached
28:58to the spirits
28:59in prison
28:59so here Christ is
29:02he rose from the dead
29:03and he's gone now
29:05and preached
29:06to the spirits
29:07in prison
29:07and he went
29:08by direction
29:09of the Holy Spirit
29:10that Holy Spirit
29:11is also the same
29:12spirit
29:13when Jesus
29:14began his ministry
29:15that led him
29:15into the wilderness
29:16to be tempted
29:17by the devil
29:18now Jesus'
29:20ministry on the earth
29:21is finished
29:21and the spirit
29:22is leading him
29:23down now
29:23to go and speak
29:24to those
29:25who are in prison
29:26those spirits
29:27the bodies
29:29of whom
29:29died on the earth
29:31the bodies
29:31of whom
29:32were drowned
29:33in the flood
29:33of Noah's flood
29:34those spirits
29:36have been put
29:37in prison
29:38and they are
29:39the ones
29:40to whom Christ
29:41went and preached
29:42and said
29:43here I am
29:44this is why
29:45Noah built
29:46the ark
29:46if you'd listened
29:47to Noah
29:48you wouldn't
29:49be here
29:49but he built
29:50the ark
29:51that ark
29:52took 120 odd
29:53years to build
29:54in a country
29:55where there
29:56was no rain
29:57and so it was
29:58almost
29:59it was
29:59something unheard
30:01of and impossible
30:02and a stupid
30:02thing to do
30:03to build a ship
30:04where there is
30:05no rain
30:05but isn't that
30:07exactly the same
30:08as the
30:08mindset
30:10of the people
30:10why do you
30:12need Christ
30:12we're okay
30:13we have wonderful
30:14homes
30:15look at my car
30:16look at my family
30:16look at my education
30:17look at my position
30:19look at my salary
30:19what do I need
30:21Christ for
30:21but the rains
30:23are going to come
30:23the rains are going
30:25to come
30:25and the time
30:26is going to come
30:27when all that
30:28is counted for naught
30:29and Christ will be
30:30preaching to those
30:31people
30:32to the spirits
30:32in prison
30:33you might remember
30:34the story
30:35in Luke chapter 16
30:36about the rich man
30:37and Lazarus
30:38they both died
30:39the rich man
30:41opened his eyes
30:43and he was in hell
30:44in Hades
30:45in torments
30:46Lazarus
30:47was taken
30:48to Abraham's bosom
30:50by the angels
30:51immediately
30:52a contrast
30:54in the
30:55the mode
30:56of transport
30:57into the
30:58into the next
30:59kingdom
30:59the rich man
31:01opened his eyes
31:02the rich man
31:04spoke
31:05he could hear
31:06everything
31:08his faculties
31:09were a hundred percent
31:11though his body
31:12was still on earth
31:13in the grave
31:14and he cried out
31:15to Abraham
31:16and he said
31:16I'm battling here
31:17please send
31:18somebody to
31:19tell my brothers
31:20don't come here
31:22make a plan
31:22get saved
31:23do whatever
31:23you're going to do
31:24and he said
31:24I can't do that
31:25and even if somebody
31:26rose from the dead
31:27even if somebody
31:29rose from the dead
31:30it would make
31:31no difference
31:31to them
31:32likewise
31:33with us
31:34we look
31:35and we will say
31:36if we could see
31:37miracles happening
31:38if we could see
31:39if we could see
31:40a lame man
31:41walking
31:41I would really
31:43really really believe
31:44but we tend to
31:44forget those things
31:45just the same
31:47as the Israelites
31:48forgot
31:48about the Red Sea
31:50being opened
31:51forgot about
31:52all the plagues
31:53in Egypt
31:54forgot about
31:55all the wonders
31:56that they saw
31:57and turned away
31:58from God
31:59the miracles
32:00they come
32:01and they go
32:02but if you have
32:03a faith
32:04in your heart
32:05that faith
32:06based on the
32:06Lord Jesus Christ
32:07you're founded
32:09you're founded
32:11and nothing
32:11will move us
32:12away
32:12from that hope
32:14and so Jesus
32:15by that same
32:16spirit
32:16went
32:17we're told
32:18who formerly
32:19were disobedient
32:20when once
32:21the divine
32:21long-suffering
32:22waited
32:23in the days
32:23of Noah
32:24while the ark
32:25was being prepared
32:26in which a few
32:27that is eight souls
32:28were saved
32:29through water
32:29and he's gone
32:31into heaven
32:32and is at the
32:32right hand of God
32:33angels and authorities
32:35powers being made
32:36subject to him
32:37do you know
32:39that God
32:39had the Lord Jesus Christ
32:41create the heavens
32:42and the earth
32:43and he's given him
32:44all authority
32:45in heaven and earth
32:46and over principalities
32:48and powers
32:49that is our Lord Jesus Christ
32:51we worship God
32:52through and by
32:54the Lord Jesus Christ
32:55and so
32:56we need to
32:58establish
32:58our faith
33:00we need to
33:01establish
33:02our modus operandi
33:03we need to
33:05have our goal
33:06steadfastly
33:08and clearly
33:09set before us
33:10that whatever
33:11happens
33:12my marriage
33:13will survive
33:13because I'm married
33:14in Christ
33:15to my wife
33:17because that
33:19is going to be
33:20an example
33:21of my relationship
33:23to the church
33:25of the Lord Jesus Christ
33:27and to Christ himself
33:28if I'm committed
33:29to my wife
33:30come hell or high water
33:31and whatever might happen
33:33forgive the expression
33:34I'm going to be committed
33:35to the church
33:36of the Lord Jesus Christ
33:37doesn't matter what happened
33:39and I will be
33:41exalted
33:42at the end
33:43and God will be able
33:44to say to me
33:45well done
33:46good
33:47and faithful servant
33:48but we've been put
33:49on this earth
33:50for a reason
33:51and for a purpose
33:52the Bible tells us
33:53three score years
33:54and ten
33:55and if by reason
33:55of strength
33:56it is longer than that
33:57yet that time
33:58is only
33:59suffering
34:00and trials
34:01we've been put here
34:03to be tested
34:04and to be tried
34:05to see what manner
34:06of spirit
34:07we are of
34:08and I quote to you
34:10that story
34:10in the gospels
34:13as Jesus
34:13was going on his way
34:15to Jerusalem
34:16and the people
34:18of
34:19I can't remember
34:22the town
34:23they refused
34:25him entry
34:26they didn't want
34:27to know him
34:27and it says
34:28the reason being
34:29we are told
34:29he'd set his face
34:30towards Jerusalem
34:31and because of
34:33their rejection
34:34James and John
34:35said to the Lord Jesus
34:36shall we call down fire
34:38and we burn
34:39all these people up
34:39that just have rejected you
34:41let's get rid of them all
34:42and Jesus said
34:43no he says
34:44you don't know
34:44what manner of spirit
34:45you are of
34:46I have come
34:48to save
34:48the lost
34:49not to destroy
34:50to save
34:51to seek
34:52and to save
34:52that is the job
34:54that we have been given
34:55but it is very
34:57very difficult
34:57nowadays
34:58to find those
35:00that are seeking
35:01and if you do find
35:02some that are seeking
35:03the enemy
35:05is very
35:06very close
35:07at hand
35:08to bring
35:09more arguments
35:11against
35:11that person
35:13unless they are
35:14very clearly
35:15definitely determined
35:16to try and
35:18persuade
35:18and convince him
35:19that the church
35:20is not the way
35:21to go
35:21the church
35:22is the way
35:23to go
35:23the church
35:24is being sorely
35:25oppressed
35:25and that is what
35:26happened to
35:27the Israelites
35:28as well
35:28they were sorely
35:29oppressed
35:30because they turned
35:31away from God
35:32the church
35:33is turning away
35:33from God
35:34exactly the same
35:35as the Israelites
35:36do
35:36not the true church
35:37but the general church
35:39in the countries
35:40all over the world
35:42they have turned
35:42away from God
35:43LGBT
35:44has come in
35:45now
35:45same sex marriages
35:47has come in
35:48transgenderism
35:51is being accepted
35:52that's not the church
35:53of God
35:54the church of God
35:55is you and I
35:56it is us
35:57who want to know
35:58what the Bible says
35:59and want to believe
36:00and want to understand
36:01that our hope
36:03is in heaven
36:04he's given us
36:05a reason
36:05he's given us
36:06the word of God
36:07and that is what
36:08we have been given
36:09this word
36:10is a culmination
36:11of a description
36:12of the character
36:13of God
36:14of his likes
36:15and his desires
36:16and his needs
36:16and what his goal
36:19is for us
36:20all at the end
36:21it is building
36:23the kingdom of heaven
36:24and it is bringing
36:25in a population
36:27of believing spirits
36:29we've told
36:30in the book of Hebrews
36:32we have not come
36:33to Mount Zion
36:33and to the city
36:34of the living God
36:35the heavenly Jerusalem
36:36to an innumerable
36:38company of angels
36:39to the general assembly
36:41and church
36:42of the firstborn
36:43who are registered
36:44in heaven
36:45to God the judge
36:46of all
36:47to the spirits
36:47of just men
36:48made perfect
36:49that is where
36:50we have come
36:51to Jesus
36:52the mediator
36:53of the new covenant
36:54and so our faith
36:55is on the line
36:56we need to make sure
36:57that we do believe
36:58that we do trust
36:59and we do
37:00and we do
37:01exercise
37:02our faith
37:03because faith
37:04without works
37:05is dead
37:05and unless we have faith
37:07it is impossible
37:08to please God
37:09and so let us
37:11let us look
37:12to our relationships
37:13with one another
37:14whether it is
37:15a husband
37:15and whether it is
37:16a wife
37:17wife and a husband
37:18and a husband
37:18and wife
37:19and parents
37:20to children
37:21or whether it is
37:22brothers and sisters
37:23in Christ
37:23let us make sure
37:25that we are
37:26conducting ourselves
37:27in the manner
37:28in which Christ
37:29is wanting us
37:30to conduct ourselves
37:31and to be
37:32somebody who is
37:33encouragement
37:34and an exhortation
37:36to the believers
37:38and to those
37:39with whom
37:40we have to do
37:41and so not only
37:43do wives
37:44be submissive
37:45to their own husbands
37:46but also too
37:48husbands love your wives
37:49believers submit
37:51to the teaching
37:52of the word of God
37:53what God's word
37:54says here
37:54let us be Berean
37:56and let us check out
37:57and see what is said
37:58whether it is true
37:59or whether it is not
38:00and if it is not true
38:02then get hold
38:02of the preacher
38:03and say look
38:03I don't believe that
38:05I don't understand that
38:06can you give a reason
38:07for why you said that
38:09preachers make mistakes
38:11preachers need to be taught
38:12we are not infallible
38:13the man who stands up here
38:14is not infallible
38:15I was sitting in a chair
38:17last week
38:18and the week before that
38:19I was the congregation
38:20somebody else was standing up here
38:22now tonight
38:23I am up here
38:23being judged
38:25by everyone who is listening
38:26so we need to be Berean
38:28and we need to understand
38:29who we are in Christ
38:31that we might be able
38:32to be that caring
38:33loving kind
38:34and considerate brother
38:35to say look
38:36you made a mistake there
38:37this is the way to go
38:38and if it is right
38:39if what is being said
38:40is right
38:41then encouragement
38:42is also a good idea
38:44so we need to be able
38:46to understand
38:46that it is not
38:48the external
38:49but it is
38:50what he says
38:51in verse 4
38:52the hidden person
38:53of the heart
38:54with the incorruptible beauty
38:56of a gentle
38:57and a quiet spirit
38:58which is very precious
39:00in the sight of God
39:01and though that verse
39:02is in verse 4
39:03and it comes underneath
39:04the heading
39:05of being submissive
39:06to husbands
39:07the wives
39:07yet we all
39:10need to have
39:11spirits
39:12of incorruptible beauty
39:15of being able
39:16to be quiet
39:17of being able
39:18to have communion
39:20with one another
39:21and access
39:21to the advice
39:23and the counsel
39:24we need
39:24but not only that
39:25we need to be able
39:26to have the openness
39:27of the person
39:28who is questioning
39:28and asking
39:30what is the hope
39:32that we have
39:33within us
39:33are we able
39:34to do that clearly
39:35are we able
39:36to do that
39:37with authority
39:39or are we unsure
39:41of our position
39:42in Christ
39:43we are priests
39:45we are a royal priesthood
39:47a holy generation
39:48we are not just
39:49some insignificant
39:50little bunch of people
39:52that come from Wendover
39:53and from
39:54from Chesham
39:56and
39:56from Pista
39:58and all over the show
39:59and just happen
40:00together here
40:00no God has ordained
40:02that we should be here
40:03and so may we ask
40:04the Lord
40:05that he would strengthen
40:05us in our walk
40:06and encourage us
40:08and enable us
40:08to continue being built up
40:10in the most holy faith
40:11Amen
40:12in his love
40:14first as the ocean
40:17loving kindness
40:20as the flood
40:22when the prince
40:24of life
40:25our ransom
40:26shed for us
40:29his precious blood
40:32who his love
40:35will not remember
40:37who can cease
40:40to sing
40:41his praise
40:43he can never
40:46be forgotten
40:47through our
40:50times
40:51eternal days
40:54on the
40:56mountain
40:57of crucifixion
40:59fountains
41:01open
41:02deep and wide
41:05through the
41:06flood
41:07of God's
41:09mercy
41:10flowed a vast
41:12and gracious
41:14tide
41:15grace and love
41:18like mighty rivers
41:21poured in session
41:24from above
41:27and has peace
41:29and perfect justice
41:32keeps the guilty
41:35world
41:36in love
41:38of the
41:40love
41:41for you
41:44to thank you
41:47for the
41:47love
41:48and
41:48for you
41:50to thank you
41:52for the
41:52for you
41:52to thank you
41:53for your
41:54experience
41:55and think
41:56about
41:56in the
41:57Luke
41:57Lord
41:57you
41:58to that
41:59and
41:59love
41:59you
41:59to that
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42:01or
42:02you
42:02have
42:02to
42:03you
42:04you
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