
- God sees some problems in the lives of his people, but the people disagree. When that happens, God is right.


There was a time when everyone more or less knew what marriage meant. That time is gone. Marriage is being reexamined, redefined and reimagined. The Bible has much to say about this. We will only scratch the surface, but the definition and boundaries of marriage are what will concern us today.

Peter continues his emphasis on voluntary subjection. In chapter three he turns his attention to the relationship between husbands and wives. He finishes the passage with a promise of God’s blessing: the goal of the submissive life.

We come today to the end of a first-century sermon written by an author trained in Jewish rabbinical tradition. He wrote this to a congregation of Jewish Christian believers, probably residing in Rome. He has encouraged them to remain faithful to Jesus no matter what. And he wants them to understand that knowing and following Jesus is far and away better than any religious tradition they can ever find anywhere else.