1 PETER 2:21-25

21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus

himself underwent punishment for you, giving
you an example, so that you might go in his
footsteps:
22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his
mouth:
23 To sharp words he gave no sharp answer;
when he was undergoing pain, no angry word
came from his lips; but he put himself into the
hands of the judge of righteousness:
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24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body
to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being
dead to sin, might have a new life in
righteousness, and by his wounds we have
been made well.
25 Because, like sheep, you had gone out of
the way; but now you have come back to him
who keeps watch over your souls.
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v21 This is
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you: because
Jesus himself 1. JESUS SET THE
underwent
punishment EXAMPLE
for you, we have been called
giving you Jesus provided the
an example, pattern
so that you
which we need to
might go in
his footsteps: imitate
of grace, humility, love in
our duty the ministry
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did no Persecution Suffering Servant
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there was
no deceit
in his
mouth:
2. JESUS INNOCENCE
No deceit in His mouth
(Isa 53:9)
DECEIT the sinful
manipulation of others
for personal gain
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words he
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gave no Servant Series
sharp answer;
when he was 3. JESUS DID NOT
undergoing THREATEN, RETALIATE,
pain, no STRIKE BACK
angry word Jesus met his persecutors
came from with dignified silence
his lips; but His tormentors are within
he put his circle of forgiveness
himself into (Luke 23:34)
the hands of He entrusted himself in
the judge of Gods hands, confident God
righteousness:
will protect him
V24 He took our
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himself, giving Servant Series
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his body to be
nailed on the 4. JESUS WAS THE
tree, so that RANSOM
we, being
dead to sin, -realize life may not be
might have a fair
new life in His death on the cross
righteousness
and by his saved us
wounds we His wounds healed us
have been (Isa 53:5)
made well.
V25 Because,
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like sheep,
you had
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gone out of
the way;
but now
you have 5.JESUS DEATH
come back
to him who
AND
keeps RESSURECTION
watch over
your souls RECONCILED US
BACK TO GOD
(Isa 53:6)
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REALIZATION:
1. Life will have injustices, but
our God is a just God.
1. Life will have injustices, but
our God is a just God.
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REALIZATION:
2. Circumstances may be
difficult, but dont let these
drive you. Have faith that God
will pull you through.
2. Circumstances may be difficult, but
dont let these drive you. Have faith that
God will pull you through.
The whole example
embraces these points:
(1) We should see to it
that we ourselves are
guiltless in the matter for
which we are reproached
or accused.
be sure that our lives are
such as not to deserve
reproach. We cannot
indeed hope to be as pure
in all things as he was; but
we may so live that if we
are reproached and reviled
we may be certain that it
is not for any wrong that
we have done to others, or
that we do not deserve it
from our fellow-men.
(2) When we are reproached and reviled, we
should feel that we were called to this by our
profession; that it was one of the things which
we were taught to expect when we became
Christians; that it is what the prophets and
apostles endured, and what the Master
himself suffered in an eminent degree; and
that if we meet with the scorn of the great,
the frivolous, the rich, the powerful, it is no
more than the Saviour did, and no more than
we have been taught to expect will be our
portion. It may be well, too, to remember our
unworthiness; and to reflect, that though we
have done no wrong to the individual who
reviles us yet that we are sinners, and that
such reproaches may not be a useless
admonisher of our being guilty before God. So
David felt when reproached by Shimei: So let
him curse, because the Lord hath said unto
him, Curse David. Who shall then say,
Wherefore hast thou done so? 2Sa_16:10.
2. Circumstances may be difficult, but
dont let these drive you. Have faith that
God will pull you through.
The whole example embraces these points:
(1) We should see to it that we ourselves are
guiltless in the matter for which we are reproached
or accused. Before we fancy that we are suffering as
Christ did, we should be sure that our lives are such
as not to deserve reproach. We cannot indeed hope
to be as pure in all things as he was; but we may so
live that if we are reproached and reviled we may be
certain that it is not for any wrong that we have
done to others, or that we do not deserve it from our
fellow-men.
(2) When we are reproached and reviled, we should
feel that we were called to this by our profession;
that it was one of the things which we were taught to
expect when we became Christians; that it is what
the prophets and apostles endured, and what the
Master himself suffered in an eminent degree; and
that if we meet with the scorn of the great, the
frivilous, the rich, the powerful, it is no more than
the Saviour did, and no more than we have been
taught to expect will be our portion. It may be well,
too, to remember our unworthiness; and to reflect,
that though we have done no wrong to the individual
who reviles us yet that we are sinners, and that such
reproaches may not be a useless admonisher of our
being guilty before God. So David felt when
reproached by Shimei: So let him curse, because
the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall
then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 2Sa_16:10.
(3) when this occurs, we should calmly and
confidently commit our cause to God. Our
name, our character, our influence, our
reputation, while living and after we are
dead, we should leave entirely with him. We
should not seek nor desire revenge. We
should not call down the wrath of God on
our persecutors and slanderers. We should
calmly feel that God will give us the
measure of reputation which we ought to
have in the world, and that he will suffer no
ultimate injustice to be done us. Commit
thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him, and
he shall bring it to pass; and he shall bring
forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy
judgment as the noon-day, Psa_37:5-6. The
Latin Vulgate has here, But he committed
himself to him who judged him unjustly,
judicanti se injuste; that is, to Pontius Pilate,
meaning that he left himself in his hands,
though he knew that the sentence was
unjust. But there is no authority for this in
the Greek, and this is one of the instances
in which that version departs from the
original.
He was wounded for our
transgressions
He was bruised for our iniquities
Surely, He bore our sorrows
And by His strife we are healed