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I Peter 2:18-23
Excerpted from: Government (Part Five)

Before we leave this section, I want us (you and me) to understand that what is commendable here—mentioned in verse 19—is NOT going through the suffering, but the devotion to God is what is commendable. When we couple that with the going through suffering, then that is commendable. But it is really the devotion to God that Peter wants us to focus on. We do this (going through the pain, going through the trouble) because of our respect for God.

Now, think about Jesus again—that He did not revile. Think of the awesome powers of discernment that He had! It says in another place in the scriptures that He knew what was in the heart of men. He undoubtedly (as we would say today) "had the goods on" those people—on those who were reviling Him. But "He opened not His mouth." Instead, He lived within the limits of His human authority.

I Peter 2:13-23
Excerpted from: Self-Government and Responsibility (Part One)

There was His faith; God would vindicate Him. If we go back to verse 13, Peter says, "every ordinance." God does not give us the right to pick and choose which one we are going to submit to and which one we are not. "Oh, I like the traffic laws, but I don't like the IRS." Or "I like the laws regarding littering, but I don't like the laws regarding traffic." We are supposed to submit (hupotasso), make ourselves subject to, control ourselves, control that human nature, and govern ourselves so that it does not go beyond the parameters of what God has said in His Word.

I Peter 2:21-23
Excerpted from: Justice and Grace

There is the pattern. There is the model. Jesus Christ committed Himself to the judgment of God, who says He judges without respect of persons.

Articles
Do We Need the Old Testament?
From Sheriff to Shepherd: Are We Willing to Be Defrauded?
Taking Our Lead From God
The Beatitudes, Part 7: Blessed Are the Peacemakers
The Fruit of the Spirit: Meekness
The Fruit of the Spirit: Patience
The Sixth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment (Part One) (1997)
Waxing Cold
What Did Jesus Do?
Why Should Christians Refuse Jury Duty?

Bible Studies
Self-Control

Essays
Evil Is Real (Part Five)
Evil Is Real (Part Six)
Life Doesn't Work on a Balance Sheet (Part Three)
Seeds and Seasons (Part One)

Sermons
Burn the Ships
Control and Self-Control
Those Who Hunger and Thirst
Blessed Are the Meek
Gentle and Lowly in Heart
The Meekness and Gentleness of Christ
Loyalty and Submission (Part 3)
Trials Are a Gift From God
Blessed Are the Meek (2014)
Don't Meddle and Always Be Ready to Answer
Those Who Are Persecuted
Think on These Things
Pilgrim's Progress
An Intimate Expanding Relationship
The Cost of Reconciliation
God the Father (Part 2)
Following God Through a Spiritual Wilderness
Back to Basics
Approaching God Through Christ (Part 2)
Seeing is Submitting
The Sixth Commandment
Submitting (Part 2)
The Sovereignty of God (Part 6)
By This Shall All Men Know You
The Spiritual Mark of the Beast
New Covenant Priesthood (Part 10)
John (Part 10)
The Father-Son Relationship (Part Three)
Themes of I Corinthians (Part 6)
Glorify You Me
Wilderness Wanderings (Part Two)
Is the United States a Christian Nation? (Part 3)
Pure Language Restored
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 3)
Wilderness Wandering (Part 4)
Wilderness Wandering (Part 5)
Jesus the Door
Matthew (Part Seven)
Our Part in the Sanctification Process (Part Five)

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