" Having The Mind To Suffer Pt 2 "

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1Pet 4:1  Since Christ therefore has suffered in the flesh,
you also arm yourselves with the same mind (because he who
has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin),
2:21  For to this you were called, because Christ also
suffered on your behalf, leaving you a model so that you may
follow in His steps;

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(Part 2 of 2)
A great many Christians think that as long as we belong to
God, are the people of God, love God, and do God's will,
everything concerning us will be fine. According to this
concept, we shall be blessed and may have a good job, a nice
house, and an excellent family life. This concept of a
Christian life is altogether contrary to Peter's teaching in
this Epistle. Peter knew that the more we love the Lord, the
more we shall be deprived of things. He also knew that the
more we do the will of God, the more trouble we may have. We
may have trouble with our job, with our finances, and with
our family life.

If we have the mind of Christ, we shall realize that we are
living in a rebellious age and in a crooked, perverted
generation. Because the age is rebellious and the generation
is perverse, the more we love God and do His will, the more
we shall suffer. We shall suffer because we cannot go along
with the trend of this age. We care to do the will of God,
but the will of God is absolutely contrary to the trend or
tide of this age. We would love the Lord Jesus, but this is
utterly against the trend of this corrupted world. Therefore,
if we love the Lord and do God's will, we are bound to
suffer. This will be our outlook if we have the mind of
Christ.

We need to arm ourselves, equip ourselves, with the mind of
Christ. This indicates that the mind of Christ is a weapon, a
part of the armor needed in fighting the battle for God's
kingdom. If we arm ourselves with the mind of Christ for
suffering, we shall be willing to endure suffering.
Therefore, knowing that Christ suffered in the flesh, we also
need to arm ourselves with the same mind.



Love and Peace.................