Amazing Advice Regarding Poverty

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, April 27, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Amazing Advice Regarding Poverty
SERMON THEME: The Warnings of God
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 6:1-11; 11:15: 17:18; 20:15; 22:16; 27:13; 13:4; 19:15, 24; 20:4;

The World’s top poor choices that lead to poverty

• a lack of ambition
• dropping out of school
• unplanned pregnancy
• multiple children with no support
• exorbitant debt
• living beyond means
• arrested
• gangs/drugs/gambling

God’s primary reasons for poverty

• The Principle of Surety (don’t be a co-signer for other’s debts) - Just as being friends with the righteous can bring us blessings, joining with those who are dishonorable can bring joint-judgment.
• Being Slothful (a sluggard)

Proverbs 6:1-11  My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6  Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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The LORD Doth Put a Difference Between the Egyptians and Israel

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, April 24, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The LORD Doth Put a Difference Between the Egyptians and Israel
SERMON THEME: The Plagues of Egypt
SERMON SERIES: The Book Upon Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 8-11

Biblical separation provides us…

• a clear difference from the world
• the favor of God
• protection!

Exodus 8:22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.

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It’s Time to Wake Up!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, April 24, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: It’s Time to Wake Up!
SERMON THEME: The Plagues Upon Egypt
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 7-11

God loves us so much, that to get our attention He will…

• bring judgment - Sometimes we need consequences to break our stubborn hearts.  We often need the fear of God in order to respond.

• But we must recognize the immense danger of false repentance.  We MUST be broken and turn away from our sins and stubbornness!

Ex. 7:14   And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. 16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river. 19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. 24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.

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The IMMENSE Danger of Fornication, Pt. 3

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The IMMENSE Danger of Fornication, Pt. 3
SERMON THEME: How to Avoid Fornication: Intimacy in the Marriage
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 5-7; Song 1:8-17; 1Corinthians 6:15-16; 7:1-5

Intimacy…
* is designed and approved by God for marriage
* reminds us that the physical and spiritual worlds are connected
* is a critically important part of the marriage relationship - it’s a duty, and a delight, and we can defraud our spouse

Proverbs 5:15-20  Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Song 1:8-17  If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents. 9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. 10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. 11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.  12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. 15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes. 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. 17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

1Corinthians 6:15-16  Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

1Corinthians 7:1-5  Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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Fight the Good Fight… Because He Did!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, April 17, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Fight the Good Fight… Because He Did!
SERMON THEME: Some Things are Worth Fighting For
SERMON SERIES: Special Sermons—Easter PM 2022
SERMON VERSES: 1Timothy 6:11-16

There will always be The Good Fight, because…
* We have already confessed faith in Christ! — We have signed up and taken our oath.
* He’s coming back for US! — One day we will not need to fight, when He appears.

1Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

1Tim. 6:13   I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

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Almost Persuaded

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, April 17, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Almost Persuaded
SERMON THEME: Life Without Jesus is Incomplete
SERMON SERIES: Special Sermons—Easter AM 2022
SERMON VERSES: Acts 26:24-29

Agrippa and Festus missed salvation.  They were “Almosts”.

Acts 26:24-29 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. 25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. 26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

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Do You Like the Smell of That?

Spring Revival 2022 - Tuesday PM Worship

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Tuesday, April 13, 2022
SERMON BY: Evangelist Dave Young
SERMON TITLE: Do You Like the Smell of That?
SERMON THEME: The SAVOUR of the Knowledge of Jesus
SERMON SERIES: Spring Revival 2022
SERMON TEXT: 2Corinthians 2:14

2Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

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Victory is Epic!

Spring Revival 2022 - Tuesday PM Worship

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Tuesday, April 12, 2022
SERMON BY: Evangelist Dave Young
SERMON TITLE: Victory is Epic!
SERMON THEME: Be a Real Deal, Thriving Christian
SERMON SERIES: Spring Revival 2022
SERMON TEXT: 2Corinthians 2:14

2Corinthians 2:14  Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

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Triumph!

Spring Revival 2022 - Monday PM Worship

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Monday, April 11, 2022
SERMON BY: Evangelist Dave Young
SERMON TITLE: Triumph!
SERMON THEME: Victory in Christ
SERMON SERIES: Spring Revival 2022
SERMON TEXT: 2Corinthians 2:14-16

Triumph is
* assumed by God
* accommodated IN Christ
* not automatic

2Corinthians 2:14-16 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to TRIUMPH in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

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Put God First!

 Spring Revival 2022 - Sunday PM Worship

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, April 10, 2022
SERMON BY: Evangelist Dave Young
SERMON TITLE: Put God First!
SERMON THEME: Grace, Growing, Giving
SERMON SERIES: Spring Revival 2022
SERMON VERSES: 2Corinthians 8:1-12

Give ourselves to…
* the LORD
* the Local Church - We are to minister to each other.
* to the souls of men - WITNESS!

2Cor. 8:1   Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; 4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. 6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.

2Cor. 8:7   Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. 10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. 11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

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Look What God Did!

Spring Revival 2022 - Sunday AM Worship

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, April 10, 2022
SERMON BY: Evangelist Dave Young
SERMON TITLE: Look What God Did!
SERMON THEME: Our God Who Gave
SERMON SERIES: Spring Revival 2022
SERMON VERSES: John 3:16

* What God did - He gave!
* Why He did it - God loved with an incomprehensible love!
* How he did it - He became a man and died our death and suffered our punishment. And The Father was pleased.
* Here is the outcome! Whosoever believes is saved.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Let’s Give Everything!

Spring Revival 2022 - Combined Adult Sunday School

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Combined Adult Sunday School, April 10, 2022
SERMON BY: Evangelist Dave Young
SERMON TITLE: Let’s Give Everything!
SERMON THEME: Giving: All In for God
SERMON SERIES: Spring Revival 2022
SERMON VERSES: Mark 8:27-38

All in for God
* Remember Who HE is-The Sacrificial LAMB.  It’s better to have a Savior than a Messiah
* Our service is voluntary, else it’s not service!
* Must deny ourselves-There is ALWAYS a Cost
* Take up our own Cross-we must deal with ME!

Mark 8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. 34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it. 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

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It Is Written

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. David Barbee
SERMON TITLE: It Is Written
SERMON THEME: Surviving Temptation
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON TEXT: Matthew 4:1-11

Matthew 4:1-11   Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Hebrews 4:14-16 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

* We must be ready and established in our response to temptation
* Temptations come at the times we are most vulnerable
* Our individual temptations are common to man.
* Temptation are not unbearable.  God always gives us a way out!

The Lord was tempted…
1. to fulfill his physical need—ON HIS OWN—outside of dependence upon the Father.  Satan was tempting Jesus to prove Himself to the one who was seeking to disprove Him.  Jesus made himself completely dependent upon the Father!
2. to take a foolish risk to force God’s hand.  Jesus trusted God, He knew better than to tempt The Father with risky, presumptuous behavior.  To presume that we can do what we want, and then expect crop failure, is insanity.
3. to shortcut God’s plan to bring Himself into Kingship, by rearranging the Father’s priorities.  Jesus was content to wait, and do things GOD’s way!

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Consider God’s Opinions

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, April 3, 2022
SERMON BY: Sean Gillespie
SERMON TITLE: Consider God’s Opinions
SERMON THEME: Redeeming our Time and Resources
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: James 4:3-17; 5:1-6

James 4:3 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 5:1   Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

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When You’ve Been Good, But Life’s Been Bad

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, April 3, 2022
SERMON BY: Tim Russell
SERMON TITLE: When You’ve Been Good, But Life’s Been Bad
SERMON THEME: The Reality of Suffering
SERMON SERIES: Keep the Faith
SERMON VERSES: 1Peter 3:13-22

Principles to Guide Us in the Midst of Suffering
1. Joyfully endure suffering (vv 13, 14) - We must view our life with the triumphant view of an overcomer!  Satan only attacks those who are living righteously.
2. Sanctify (establish exclusively) Jesus in our hearts (v 15) - We have a SURE hope… that anchors our soul, and allows us to testify to others.
3. Keep doing right even in the midst of our suffering (v 16) - Make those ashamed who falsely accuse us.  Satan’s world wants to see us fail, because there is always much collateral damage.
4. Make sure we are suffering for the RIGHT reasons (v 17) - Is our suffering the chastening hand of God… or Satan’s darts?
5. We can endue suffering because righteousness will ALWAYS overcome (v18-20) - We are victors in Christ!
6. Our faithfulness in suffering will point sinners to Christ! - Only God’s children can have joy in the midst of suffering.

1Peter 3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

1Peter 3:16   Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. 17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

1Peter 3:18   For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

1Peter 3:21   The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

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