1 Peter 2:22-25.
“Salvation, Submission, Suffering.” A Study Through the First Epistle of Peter.
Peter has been giving us examples of how we are to look more and more like God and not like the world even though we live in the world. While we live in this world as privileged pilgrims, even though we are part of a greater spiritual Kingdom, we are to submit willfully to those in authority over us because they have been appointed by God. When doing that, we often will face unjust suffering. This is especially true when Christians are living by the Word of God which is directly opposed to the sinful culture of today.
The submission that Peter has been discussing in this latter part of the second chapter comes to a glorious head in the greatest suffering that any human has ever experienced. It is greater than the suffering under unjust civil rulers and heavier than the hand of a master over a slave. The suffering of Jesus Christ is unlike any other. It not only was more painful in every conceivable way (physically, emotionally, spiritually) but Christ’s willful submission to it is the very reason we are able to receive the salvation He offers us – salvation so wondrous and perfect that once given, can never be lost.
Pastor Matt Thornton, Speaker.
Archive Date: 11/01/20
