Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.

1 Peter 2:11-17
I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authorityFor it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
Live exemplary lives. Make sure there are no grounds for any accusations brought against you. (Christians in Peter's day had to live down unsavory rumors that they practiced incest(亂倫), held sexual orgies - even that they were cannibals食人族). Obey the civil authorities (Peter writes this with Nero ruling the empire!)
Why?
To abstain from sinful desires is the heart with freedom of Holy. For it against our soul, so we have to alert to these.
Live such good lives among the pagans, when they see our good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. This is the witness of Jesus Christ.
Peter's teaching is submitted Christian for the Lord's sake to every human authority. We are not trouble makers.
1) Respect to everyone, 2) love the family of believers 3) fear God 4) honor the emperor.
How?
Obey God's word and apostle's teaching, for we are Christians and live to honor the name of the Lord.
Started from love my family.


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