If the will of God be so...

1Pe 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 

1Pe 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 

Suffer for doing good.

We often lament not being rewarded for our good deeds. We complain about doing our good deeds because we are suffering as we do the good. God forgive us, we are so weak, so flesh-filled, so self-centered, so sinful!

Suffer for doing good.

Christ suffered for sins.  Did He complain? No.

Christ suffered being put to death.

We are told it is BETTER if GOD WILLS for us to SUFFER for doing good things, better than suffering for doing evil. 

We can comprehend that, can't we? Seriously, we understand that evil doing should get its just rewards so when evil doers suffer we can see the sense in it.

We fail to comprehend a person who does good- suffering. There is something in us that says the good deserve good things, not suffering.

It's not true and will never be true on this earth as it is without Christ having returned to take those good in Him back to heaven with Him.

The good can expect suffering, and if not expect it they should accept it when it comes without marveling at their misfortune. People will suffer for doing good things.

We are told this--

Mat 5:44  But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 

Mat 5:45  That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 

The sun rises on the evil and the good.

Rain falls on the just and the unjust.

We do not do good to expect good in return. We do not expect to be immune from suffering because we do something good, or believe we are overall good in our lives. We don't treat others good only when they treat us good. We are CHRIST'S representatives here and now, we are NOT here to represent ourselves, our lives, our goodness!

WE DON'T MATTER in and of ourselves. Without Christ we are NOTHING!  Yet Satan would have us believing that we are all that does matter! How we feel matters, how we think matters, how we are treated matters- but truthfully only CHRIST matters and when we are CHRIST'S we matter simply because we are IN HIM.  If He could suffer for us, why do we believe we shouldn't have to suffer for Him?

More tomorrow on this by the GRACE of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST- NOW AND FOREVER!!!!!!!