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Sunday, June 17, 2007
Hey...
was doing QT and came upon this passage ( 1 Peter 2: 13-25). submission is actually mentioned alot of times in the bible but i think this pasage is a good in your understanding of why we must submit to those who dun deserve our submission. i mean why must we submit to those who tae advantage of kindness and only to return hurt and pain back to us?
"Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because of he is conscious of God. But how is it to your credit if you recieve a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." (1 Peter 2:18-21)
i think the passage speaks for itself. i think by now we all know that as Christians we are set apart for God, to spend His salvation to others blah blah... so we wanna go on mission trip and stuff. but what does it mean to be set apart for God? often, when things go wrong or we get trapped in a nasty situation where we get horrible teammates or really sucking teachers who seem to pick on us all the time how do we react? it is easy for us to try to get back at our teachers, to gossip behind their back (i have been there done tt), PURPOSELY hand up homework late and write with lousy handwriting which irks our teachers to no end...
but... are we reflecting what God says? are we making God proud? is doing street e and sharing the gospel more important or living the way God wants is more important? i know its hard to be nice to horrible teachers but i would like to challenge you pple to ENDURE. u might feel silly at first (i did), but to God it is more precious than your desire to bring pple to church or going on a mission trip. :)
God bless
was doing QT and came upon this passage ( 1 Peter 2: 13-25). submission is actually mentioned alot of times in the bible but i think this pasage is a good in your understanding of why we must submit to those who dun deserve our submission. i mean why must we submit to those who tae advantage of kindness and only to return hurt and pain back to us?
"Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because of he is conscious of God. But how is it to your credit if you recieve a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." (1 Peter 2:18-21)
i think the passage speaks for itself. i think by now we all know that as Christians we are set apart for God, to spend His salvation to others blah blah... so we wanna go on mission trip and stuff. but what does it mean to be set apart for God? often, when things go wrong or we get trapped in a nasty situation where we get horrible teammates or really sucking teachers who seem to pick on us all the time how do we react? it is easy for us to try to get back at our teachers, to gossip behind their back (i have been there done tt), PURPOSELY hand up homework late and write with lousy handwriting which irks our teachers to no end...
but... are we reflecting what God says? are we making God proud? is doing street e and sharing the gospel more important or living the way God wants is more important? i know its hard to be nice to horrible teachers but i would like to challenge you pple to ENDURE. u might feel silly at first (i did), but to God it is more precious than your desire to bring pple to church or going on a mission trip. :)
God bless
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