The Christian Wife’s Influence1 Peter 3:1-6

War of Secular vs. Sacred View

View of Women in Bible

• Beloved like Sarah & Hannah• Property like Hagar or Levite’s

concubine

Wives’ Attitudes in the Bible

• Helpful (Sarah Abigail, Esther)• Nagging (Delilah)• Cunning (Rachel, Jezebel, Saphira)

Wives’ Suffering in the Bible•Sarah at risk 2x with kings…

•Hagar verbally abused & abandoned…

•Hannah was barren and ridiculed…

yet delivered by God

yet God saw her

yet God answered her prayer

The Whole Counsel of God

All scripture is God’s revelation, but one scripture is not all God’s

revelation.

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for

reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness”

2 Timothy 3:16

Outline

1. The Wife’s Christ-like Life2. The Wife’s Christ-like power

The Wife’s Christ-like Life

It’s about:• Character not clothes• Walk not talk• God not Bob

Character not clothes

• Character as imperishable as – Inheritance (1:4)– Redemption (1:18-19)

• More of God’s mirror, less of mine

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without

discretion.Proverbs 11:22

Walk not talk

Preach without words

Walk not talk• Pr 19:13 a wife's quarreling is a continual Pr 19:13 a wife's quarreling is a continual

dripping of rain. dripping of rain. • Pr 21:9  It is better to live in a corner of the Pr 21:9  It is better to live in a corner of the

housetop than in a house shared with a housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.quarrelsome wife.

• Pr 21:19 It is better to live in a desert landPr 21:19 It is better to live in a desert landthan with a quarrelsome and fretful woman. than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.

• Pr 25:24 It is better to live in a corner of the Pr 25:24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. quarrelsome wife.

• Pr 27:15 A continual dripping on a rainy day Pr 27:15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alikeand a quarrelsome wife are alike

To God not Bob

• Relying upon the Unseen God vs. the Disobedient Husband– “Fear nothing that is frightening”

• Think eternally not terminally• God sees & values this

The Wife’s Christ-like Power

1. Submission…as Christ did to the Father

2. Gentleness…as Christ did not threaten

3. Quietness…as Christ did not revile4. Trust…as Christ entrusted Himself

to God Who judges righteously5. Respect…as Christ respected the

Father’s will

1. Submission…as Christ did to the Father

2. Gentleness…as Christ did not threaten

3. Quietness…as Christ did not revile4. Trust…as Christ entrusted Himself

to God Who judges righteously5. Respect…as Christ respected the

Father’s will

Take it Home

• Live the Christ-like life• Live with Christ-like power

““May the words of May the words of my mouthmy mouth and and the meditation of the meditation of my heartmy heart be be

acceptable in acceptable in Your sightYour sight””Psalm 19:14Psalm 19:14