1Pe 4:1
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves
likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased
from sin;
1Pe 4:2 That
he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men,
but to the will of God.
1Pe 4:3 For
the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,
banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
1Pe 4:4
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of
riot, speaking evil of you:
1Pe 4:5 Who
shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
Arm yourself… when we hear these words we most likely think
of arming ourselves with weapons, right? In a spiritual war our weapons are not
guns, knives and the like. Arming ourselves with spiritual weapons to fight
this spiritual war, we are told here in 1 Peter 4:1 that we are to arm
ourselves with the same mind as Christ. Christ's mind - Christ suffered for us
in the flesh, and we are told that we have to arm ourselves with the same mind
of a suffering Christ. If we suffer in
the flesh we cease from sin. How can this be so?
Isa 1:16 Wash
you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;
cease to do evil
Heb 4:10 For
he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as
God did from his.
Heb 4:11 Let
us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same
example of unbelief.
Ceasing from our own
works, ceasing from sin, living for Christ, armed with the mind of Christ,
willing to suffer in our flesh as Christ did.
Christ suffered in a
way we can't truly comprehend. We think we suffer as we live in a world filled
with heartache, and we do suffer. Christ suffered as a Creator able to witness
the sin suffering creatures He created. Christ took on flesh and in the flesh
He experienced everything- every emotion we can experience. We know our Savior
wept, we know the anguish of what was to come before He was taken cause blood
to drip from his forehead. He suffered. Long before our Savior's agonizing walk
to the cross, He suffered.
If we are to arm our
mind with the suffering mind of our Savior, if our flesh is to suffer so we
cease from sin, we then we need to suffer.
1Pe 4:1
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves
likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased
from sin;
1Pe 4:2 That
he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men,
but to the will of God.
1Pe 4:3 For
the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,
banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
1Pe 4:4
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of
riot, speaking evil of you:
1Pe 4:5 Who
shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
When we suffer in
the flesh we no longer live the rest of our lives to our lusts but to the will
of God.
The will of God-
Joh_6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that
ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Not living to
satisfy our lusts, this is something we don’t think about enough. What are our
lusts? We tend to consider lusts merely sexual in nature, but our lusts can be
any selfish desire we possess. When we are self focused we consider our own
desires quite often. The more we are able to possess, the more we are tempted
to lust. You can lust after things we think are simple and in no way lusts of
sin. Yet they are. Just because we've regulated our lusts to acceptable
behaviors and actions, doesn’t mean they are.
More on this
tomorrow by the will and grace, the mercy of our LORD and SAVIOR!!!!!!!
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