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11.01.2010

1 Peter 3:8-12

After Peter's focus on how Christians should be in secular society (2:11-17) and how Christians should be in the home with an unbelieving spouse or master (2:18-3:7), Peter now turns to how Christians should be toward other Christians within society. The emphasis here is on the 'all' of verse 8 and the motivation in v. 12.

1 Peter 3:8-12 (NIV)

8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For,



“Whoever would love life
and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
and their lips from deceitful speech.
11 They must turn from evil and do good;
they must seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Other than this being necessary, hard, and not common enough...thoughts...
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6 comments:

  1. DocNovember 1, 2010 at 1:25 PM

    What a great world it would be if we all lived like that !

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  2. Jayne ShadowNovember 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM

    I find this extremely motivational. Christ was our example of perfect living, and yet he had to suffer. He did not repay evil with evil.
    Our worldly suffering will never compare to his, so like him, we should repay evil with a blessing.

    Yes, this is hard. But these words are encouraging.

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  3. MattNovember 2, 2010 at 12:58 PM

    Good thoughts Wendy. I like your angle on it. I went back and re-read again, and for me v. 10 and 12 especially reflect encouragement. Keeping our tongues in check can facilitate love for life and good days, and I always love to be reminded that God is attentive to our prayers!

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  4. MattNovember 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM

    To quote Dave Washburn on this passage, "we are to be noticeably different from society." Tru dat.

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  5. Jayne ShadowNovember 2, 2010 at 1:04 PM

    Dave Washburn's comments remind me of a conversation I had with my friend's teenage son. He has been drawing attention to himself through his clothing and piercings (I think typical teenage stuff). But, I challenged him. I told him if he really wanted to be different and stand out from the rest, he should try living like a Christian. He came to church with me the next week. :)

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  6. MattNovember 2, 2010 at 1:15 PM

    Wendy, that's phenomenal.

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