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For To This You Have Been Called
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Pastor Jojo Ma
For To This You Have Been Called
1 Peter 2:18-25
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. 19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
What then is the Christians’ response? What should we do when we experience wrongdoing?
20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure?
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
21 For to this you have been called…
Peter shows us that we can glorify God when mistreated, whether it’s in everyday life, or specifically for our Christian commitments.
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
Our submission and respect of people are not so much because of their worth; it has more to do with the worth of our God who has graciously saved us and called us to trust Him with our lives.
19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
Do they see people who love God, love one another, forgive and overlook, and faithfully endure wrongdoing?
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Verse 24 teaches a very crucial Christian truth: Penal Substitutionary Atonement. Christ, in our place, bore the penalty due our sins, reconciling us to God. This is the heart of the gospel.
Which will display the worth of Christ better? Which will exhibit the power of Christ in us more?