Becoming a Christian sometimes meant that you had to give up you job and even your livelihood. Read verse in The Message Bible Well, writing treatises and defending yourself isn’t what we’re commanded to do here, is it? See, too often we tend to get in the way with our anger, with our blatant sexual lust, with our incessant pride that refuses ever to admit that we’re wrong - that we have struggles within. They eat their own children!” So it’s amazing the perpetuality that a lie like this, that a slander like this, can have. Let us walk no longer in orgies and drunkenness and sexual immorality and things of the like, but let us put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh.” So if you are a follower of Christ, you are those who no longer make a provision for the flesh. Live the Glories of your Transformation (vv.11–12)
Revere God. Once we recognize our sinful passions, we must constantly fight against those desires that we know to be sin; hence, the war terminology in this verse.
Love your spiritual family. Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Peter implies that living a godly life may result in the drawing of some to faith (1 Peter 3:15) and also may bring a favorable response (1 Peter 3:10-12). That’s just an aside. Version. Could they see a difference between you as a Christian and themselves? It is and will continue to be used by God as primary tool to give credence to his marvelous Gospel message and the mighty power that accompanies it. Scripture: 1 Peter 2:12.
Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. When a lust is served a custom is made. Here we are told to abstain from specifically though, the fleshly passions and you can assume it’s meaning the sinful passions. A follower of Jesus shouldn't expect the world to like them or for sin to be without consequence. Of a stubborn will is a lust made. Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Further, the idea of an unbeliever glorifying God for the good that they see in Christians is a completely foreign concept to the judgments of end times. The Living Stone and a Chosen People. Now some have famously said, “Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary, use words.” I say, infamous, I should of said infamous, because it is absolutely necessary that words are communicate the Gospel. It says, “Abstain from the passions of your flesh, which wage war against your soul.” Now, the word that is used, ‘to wage war,’ isn’t referring to a little skirmish or a one-time battle. Then they write this, “Years later, Konishi was found working as a grounds keeper at a Manila Golf Course. Then they’ll be won over to God’s side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives.
And so Peter continues, “You’re beloved. See, Jesus came to transform your life, as he calls every Christian to deny themselves and follow him. That’s simply what ‘Gentiles’ is. And during an emotional time of prayer and searching, he prayed this: “’How long should I go on saying “tomorrow, tomorrow?” Why not now? Good Deeds and the Glory of God Sunday Evening Message. As funny as that lie is, it was actually picked up by the Soviet Union and it is used to describe Baptists in particular in the former Soviet Union. Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. That’s why Hebrews 13:14 says, “For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.” So, we are sojourners and aliens in this present world. Then they’ll be won over to God’s side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives. And so with this as a backdrop, it’s understood that Augustine lived a particularly licentious lifestyle as a young man. Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. We see that in Philippians 3:20, which says, “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” So if we are truly citizens of heaven, then we are to live differently as well. You constantly fight. We got two verses – we got two different ways we can live these glories.
The church is now his people, citizens of an eternal kingdom, and so clearly, God has transformed every Christian into an undeserved recipient of his incredible eternal blessings. Last week we remember talking about a women’s testimony as it was described as a ‘train-wreck’ of conversions and that’s true of all of our testimonies. The more we fight the battle of our passions, the more we will see and experience the joys of knowing Christ and the joys pursuing a holy life. Were to have a good conscience before the world so that when you are slandered those who revile your good before in Christ may be put to shame.
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