The influence of a godly woman is not to be underestimated.

Peter makes that point.

First Peter 3, a chapter we've been focused on recently.

We looked at first Peter 3, 3 and asked, how much jewelry is too much jewelry?

That was last time on Monday in APJ 1834.

Earlier we looked at first Peter 3 versus 1 to 2.

Two versus about the husband wife relationship and how a wife responds to her husband's ongoing

sin patterns.

That was APJ 1830.

And we are back to this theme of a godly woman's influence, especially on her husband in

first Peter 3 versus 3 to 4.

There's a connection in this verse about a wife's jewelry and her influence on her husband.

An interesting connection made by Peter in his epistle and pointed out briefly by Pastor

John in Monday's episode.

A point expanded on in a sermon clip from a 1986 sermon by John Piper.

You remember what it says of Sarah in Hebrews 11?

Hebrews 11 begins with a definition of faith.

Faith is the assurance of things hoped for.

And all you see through chapter 11 is heroes and heroines who hope in God.

For example, by faith Sarah herself received power to conceive even when she was past

the age since she considered him faithful who had promised.

In other words, we learn from Sarah that women who are holy look away from the frustrations,

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