Suffer For Christ, Submit To God

For who is he (Unbelievers) who will harm YOU (Believers) if YOU (Believers) become Followers (of Jesus Christ) of what is Good?  But even if YOU (Believers) should suffer for Righteousness’ Sake, YOU (Believers) are Blessed.  “And do NOT be afraid of their (Unbelievers) threats, nor be troubled.”  But Sanctify The Lord God (God Almighty) in Your (Believers) Hearts, and Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks YOU (Believers) a reason for The Hope (God’s Amazing Saving Grace through God’s Free Gift of Salvation) that is in YOU (Believers), with meekness and fear; having a good conscience, that when they (Unbelievers) defame YOU (Believers) as evildoers, those (Unbelievers) who revile Your Good Conduct, in Christ, may be ashamed.  For it is better, if it is The Will of God (God Almighty), to suffer for doing Good, than for doing evil.

For Christ also suffered Once for sins (Once for All), The Just (Jesus Christ) for the unjust (Mankind), that He (Jesus Christ) might bring Us (Believers) to God (God Almighty), being put to death in the flesh, but made Alive by The Spirit.  Baptism (NOT the removal of the filth of the flesh, but The Answer of a Good Conscience toward God Almighty), through The Resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into Heaven and is at The Right Hand of God (God Almighty), Angels and Authorities and Powers, having been made subject to Him (Jesus Christ).  Therefore, since Christ suffered for Us (Believers) in the flesh, arm yourselves (Believers) also with The Same Mind, for he (Believers) who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he (Believers) no longer should live the rest of his (Believers) time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for The Will of God (God Almighty).  For We (Believers) have spent enough of Our (Believers) past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles (Unbelievers), when We (Believers) walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.  In regard to these, they (Unbelievers) think it strange that YOU (Believers) do NOT run with them (Unbelievers) in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of YOU (Believers).  They (Unbelievers) will give an account to Him (Jesus Christ) who is ready to Judge The Living and The Dead.  But The End of All Things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in Your (Believers) Prayers.  And above All Things, have fervent Love for One Another, for “Love will cover a multitude of sins.”  Be Hospitable to One Another without grumbling.  As each One (Believers) has received a Gift (Spiritual Gift), Minister it (Spiritual Gift) to One Another, as Good Stewards of The Manifold Grace of God (God Almighty).  If anyone (Believers) speaks, let him (Believers) speak as The Oracles of God (God Almighty).  If anyone (Believers) Ministers, let him (Believers) do it as with the ability which God Supplies, that in All Things, God (God Almighty) may be Glorified, through Jesus Christ, to whom belong The Glory and The Dominion, Forever and ever.  Amen.

 

Beloved, do NOT think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try YOU (Believers), as though some strange thing happened to YOU (Believer); but rejoice to the extent that YOU (Believers) Partake of Christ’s Sufferings, that when His (Jesus Christ’s) Glory is Revealed, YOU (Believer) may also be glad with exceeding joy.  If YOU (Believers) are reproached for The Name of Christ (Jesus Christ), Blessed are YOU (Believers), for The Spirit of Glory (The Holy Spirit) and of God (God Almighty) rests upon YOU (Believers).  On their (Unbelievers) part, He (Jesus Christ) is blasphemed, but on Your (Believers) Part, He (Jesus Christ) is Glorified.  Yet if anyone (Believers) suffers as a Christian, let him NOT be ashamed, but let him (Believers) Glorify God (God Almighty) in this matter.  For The Time has Come for Judgment to begin at The House of God (God Almighty); and if it begins with Us (Believers) first, what will be The End of those (Unbelievers) who do NOT obey The Gospel of God (God Almighty)?  Therefore, let those (Believers) who suffer according to The Will of God (God Almighty), commit Their (Believers) Souls to Him (God Almighty) in doing Good, as to a Faithful Creator (God Almighty).

 

Yes, All of YOU (Believers) be submissive to One Another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, but gives Grace to the humble.”  Therefore humble yourselves (Believers) under The Mighty Hand of God, that He (God Almighty) may Exalt YOU (Believers) in due time, casting all your care upon Him (God Almighty), for He (God Almighty) cares for YOU (Believers).  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he (the devil) may devour.  Resist him (the devil), steadfast in The Faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by Your Brotherhood (Fellow Believers) in the World.  But may The God of All Grace, Who Called Us (Believers) to His (God Almighty’s) Eternal Glory, by Christ Jesus, after YOU (Believers) have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle YOU (Believers).  To Him (God Almighty) be The Glory and The Dominion, Forever and ever.  Amen.

Therefore Fellow Believers, Sanctify The Lord God (God Almighty) in Your (Believers) Hearts, and Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks YOU (Believers) for a reason, for The Hope that is in YOU (Believers).  The Hope which comes from accepting Jesus Christ, as Our personal Lord and Savior, because We (Believers) acknowledged God’s Amazing Saving Grace AND accepted God’s Free Gift of Salvation, Our Inward Decision.  We (Believers) then, in Obedience, Followed Our Lord Jesus Christ, in Believer’s Baptism, Our Outward Expression of Our Inward Decision, proclaiming Publicly, that We (Believers) are Followers of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

May Our God Bless YOU, in His Mighty Way, today, and in the troubling days to come.  Amen.