As firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

As you stream movies or music, you likely pick up a common theme.

People are on an insatiable search for satisfaction and happiness, or maybe just peace.

Sadly, there's really no lasting happiness or peace in this life apart from a relationship with Jesus Christ.

And that's what we look at in this study on through the Bible with our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon

McGee. I'm Steve Schwetz, and we're in the book of 1st Peter chapter 3. And as you find it,

here's a special introduction from Dr. McGee. He's reading from 1. Peter 3, verse 6, which says,

as Sarah obeyed Abraham calling him Lord.

Since we read here that Sarah call Abraham Lord,

it might be well to go back and see the story itself

and see in what way their relationship worked out.

And I go first to the 16th chapter of Genesis, and we read there now Sarah, Abraham's wife,

Bear Him No Children, and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian whose name was Hager.

And Sarah said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing. I pray thee, go in unto my maid.

It may be that I may obtain children by her, and Abram hearken to the voice of Sarah.

Now, who's listening to whom here? Abraham is listening to Sarah. But now later on, that little boy,

Ishmael is born into the home. And then later Isaac is born to Sarah. And I tell you,

that became a great bane to her existence. And finally one day she said to Abraham, you're going to have to get this brat out of here.

He's not going to inherit with my son.

And actually, Abraham did not want to send that boy away.

Because after all, Ishmael was his son.

And he said to the Lord, oh, Lord, that Ishmael might live before me. And the Lord said,

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