1 Peter 3:15 | On Death

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Summary

So far in our series on “faithfulness in uncertainty,” we have focused on our personal experience of the shut-down. It’s been disruptive and challenging. What are we supposed to be doing? At the same time, we know that others in our country and world are having a much harder time. People are dying, and the experts say that many thousands more will die.

1 Peter 3:15 commissions Christians to be ready to explain our hope in Christ. But how do we explain ourselves in the face of such tragedy? What does the Bible say about death?

As we enter Holy Week, Dave reminds us that the Bible has much to say about death. Death is inevitable, tragic, scary, and the result of sin. This is hard news, but it’s also the only explanation for death that we can be saved from. Every other explanation for death leaves us hopeless. Listen how Jesus not only identifies with our experience of death but how he saves us by dying for us!

If you missed Sunday, you can find the full text of Dave’s manuscript here.

Text

“But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,” (1 Peter 3:15 ESV)