By His Wounds You Have Been Healed

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By His Wounds You Have Been Healed

Date: Feb. 23, 2018

Passage

1Peter 2:11-25 (ESV)

11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. 16 Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. 17 Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. 19 For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1. Live such good lives (11-12)

We are but pilgrims during the time we have on this earth. As such, we should not conform to the practices of this world. Rather, we should abstain from all kinds of sinful desires. Doing so isn't easy. It is like a war raging inside us. But if we can live such good lives, unbelievers will see the lives we live and it will lead them to glorify God.

2. Submit yourselves to the Lord (13-25)

Here are two examples of how to live such good lives. First, we can submit to the authorities that God puts over us. It is God's will that we should do so, in order to silence ignorant people. How can we submit ourselves? "Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor." Second, slaves should submit themselves to their masters. It is commendable to suffer for doing good. This is what Christ did. He suffered and died so that we could be healed.

Prayer: Lord, help me to live my life so that unbelievers may see me and come to the praises of God through me.

One Word: Jesus bore our sins so we can be healed

Complacent or Victorious?

Revelation 3:1-13

Key Verse: 3:5

The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.

Today's Question

How is Christ exalted?

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