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Theme: How do we live for God as exiles in this present evil age?
1 Peter 1:1 (ESV)
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1 Peter 1:17 (ESV)
17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
1 Peter 2:11 (ESV)
11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
If you are a Christian the Bible says you are an exile!
How are you an exile?
How do we live as exiles?
How do we live with honorable conduct in the midst of an unsaved and evil world system?
How do we do that especially if God allows us to suffer?
And even more stringent what if God allows us to suffer for righteousness sake?
1 Peter 3:13–16 (ESV)
13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed.
Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,
15 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,
16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
Why is it to your advantage to suffer for righteousness sake?
What is it to your advantage to have a good conscience?
1 Peter 3:17 (ESV)
17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
Keeping a good conscience before God is to your advantage even if that means suffering, harm, slander, or reviling.
Why?
Because it is better to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
You have two choices
Choice #1: Do evil now and escape the suffering and harm of this present evil age
But ultimately later on you will have to face the judgement of God.
Choice #2: Do good now and potentially face suffering from this present evil age
But ultimately escape God’s judgment and instead participate in the full measure of His blessing.
Which choice is better?
Doing good or doing evil?
Escaping suffering for the moment, or maintaining a good conscience and suffering for righteousness’ sake?
The answer that God wants you understand, believe, and live out is to do good!
It is better to suffer for doing good!
Why is it better?
And how do we do that?
How do we maintain a good conscience in this present evil age?
Why is suffering for doing good better?
Because Jesus suffered for doing good and He was blessed beyond measure
Why?
Why is it better to suffer for doing good?
Because Christ also suffered once for sin!
Because we have the testimony and example of Jesus Christ!
Think about Jesus’ example of suffering.
What did the suffering of Jesus result in?
1.
A way for our sins to be forgiven
1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
What suffering is Peter talking about?
Of course it was the death of Jesus Christ on a cross.
Jesus Christ, the Son of God was put to death on a wooden device of torment we call a cross.
He shed his blood and gave up his life.
Why did He do that?
1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Jesus shed his blood on the cross for our sins so that we might have a relationship with almighty God.
Only those who have their sins forgiven and washed away can have a relationship with God.
God is holy and without sin and cannot even look upon sin.
If you want to spend eternity with God one day after this life is over, you must have your sins forgiven.
Jesus has made a way for us to have our sins forgiven by suffering once for our sins.
And Jesus was the only one who could suffer for our sins!
Did you know that?
No one else could have done it?
Why?
1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Jesus was fully righteous.
That means He was without sins of His own.
He was perfect.
No other human has every lived a fully righteous life.
The Bible says all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
But, not Jesus.
He was fully righteous because Jesus is God.
He is the Son of God made flesh.
So he could die for our sins since he did not have any sins of his own.
He suffered once for sins, not his own sins, but your sins and mine.
So the suffering of Jesus on the cross resulted in salvation for those who believe.
What else did the suffering of Jesus result in?
2. The full measure of God’s blessing
1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Yes Hes was put to death in the flesh.
He died.
Then He was buried, and in three days he was made alive!
1 Peter 3:18 (NKJV)
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
In other words, Jesus suffered for doing good (the righteous died for the unrighteous), but then Jesus was made alive by means of the Holy Spirit.
Why is it better to suffer for doing good?
Yes you may have to suffer in this lifetime because we live in an evil age, but ultimately you will experience God’s blessing and that blessing will be beyond compare!
Just as Jesus did.
Just look at the example of Jesus.
Jesus suffered for doing good, but was blessed beyond measure.
If you will follow the example of Jesus, if you will be willing to suffer for doing good, you too can look forward to the full measure of God’s blessing.
How do we do that?
How do we maintain a good conscience in this present evil age?
One of the ways we maintain a good conscience is through water baptism
Difficult verses- this is the way I understand the passage.
Jesus was put to death in the flesh (he actually died physically), but after three days He was made alive by means of the Holy Spirit.
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