What Merit Would There Be In Taking A Beating, When You Have Done Wrong?

"What merit would there be in taking a beating, when you have done wrong?  But if you endure punishment when you have done well, that is a grace before GOD.

This is your calling: remember CHRIST, who suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you may follow in HIS way.  HE did no wrong and there was no deceit in HIS mouth.  HE did not return insult, for insult, and, when suffering, HE did not curse, but put HIMSELF in the hands of GOD, who judges justly.  HE went to the cross, bearing our sins on HIS own body, on the cross, so that we might die to sin, and live an upright life.  For, by HIS wounds, you have been healed.  You were like stray sheep, but you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls." - 1 Peter 2:20-25 

(Here we are invited to be model citizens, workers, and spouses.  If we are slandered, that is one more occasion to show the beauty of Christian life and that those who slander us are wrong.  If the authorities begin to persecute us, this is not an excuse to disobey the laws.)

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