Suffering for Doing Good

(I am going to skip forward a little bit in the book of 1 Peter to caught up with were I am at, I will go back and fill in the gaps as I have time.)

Peter has been writing about the issues the saints of the dispersions in 64 AD were facing in their new homes. These issues stemmed from temptations that were caused by their new surrounding, cultures, and people that they now had to deal with on a daily basis. People that thought it was strange that the Christians were not involved with the same works of the flesh that they were doing as an every day part of life.

As Christians we should not circum to temptations that cause us to live in a way that is against who we are in Christ; rather, we should live a life that characterizes who we are in Christ,  even when it seems that no one else is, that we are the odd ones, or when others are falsely accusing us.

1 Peter 2:12 “having your conduct good among the nations that where as they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they will behold, glorify God in the day of examination. “

In the day when we are examined by those who speak evil of us, our conduct will speak against what they say and through our conduct God will be glorified. For it is the desirous will of God that by doing good we should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

Our freedom in Christ should not be used as a cloak to do those things that lack in character. Rather, it should be used to serve God.

Christ set us free from the law, we are not under grace; however, that does not mean we should use grace as a means to continue fulfilling the desires of the flesh; rather we should use it to serve God. 1 Peter 2:16; Romans 6:1-3.