1 Peter: Week 8 • Do The Right Thing • May 26, 2024
1 Peter 4:12-19
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
If you’re living
If you haven’t experienced persecution for Jesus, maybe you need to get off the
13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
Trials from God are not sent to
Many people pursue
When we avoid
Christianity does not grow well in seasons of
Don’t let suffering
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
Don’t suffer because of
If we want to be like
16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. 17 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And “If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
19 Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
19 (NEW LIVING TRANSLATION) So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.
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