1 Peter 4:1-5 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“1Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. 2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God. 3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
“4Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. 5But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.”
Jesus’ Sacrifice for Our Sins
Jesus Christ, God in the flesh (God incarnate), the second
person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – gave himself up for
us on a cross to put our sins to death with him. He did this in order that we,
by faith in him, will now deny self, die to sin, and walk in obedience to our
Lord and to his commands, and no longer as slaves to sin, as a matter of life
practice. But he didn’t stay dead. He rose from the dead in victory over sin,
death, Satan, and hell, that we might walk in victory over sin and obey our
Lord.
Our Confessions of Faith
So, if our confessions of faith in Jesus Christ are
biblical, honest, and of God, and not of human flesh, then we should be those
who do not, after having received Christ as Lord, then go on living in sin and
in disobedience to God just like we did before we professed belief in Christ as
Lord. That does not mean that we will be automatically perfect in every respect,
but that we should not be those who continue living in sin in disobedience to
our Lord as a matter of life practice. Our practice now is to die to sin and to
obey God.
So, if you are someone who has made a profession of faith in
Jesus Christ, but then you immediately kept on in deliberate and habitual sin
against God, without change of heart, mind, and behavior, and if that is where
you still are, then this message is for you. This is to let you know that you
must deny self, die to sin, and follow the Lord in surrender to his will, in
obedience to his commands, and no longer live as a slave to sin, or else you
will not be saved from your sins, and you will not inherit eternal life with
God.
They Heap Abuse on You
But, if you do follow the Lord in obedience to his commands,
as a matter of life practice, and you go where he sends you, and you start
living a holy life, pleasing to God, and so you have put sin to death in your
life, by the Spirit, then you should begin to face opposition and the loss of
friends, and perhaps even family members, who will chide and ridicule you for
your faith and for deserting the life you were living before. And they may no
longer want to hang out with you because it makes them uncomfortable to be with
you.
But everyone will have to give an account to God one day
when all stand before God on the day of judgment and we are all judged by our
works. Many who call Jesus “Lord” will claim all that they did in the name of
Jesus, but Jesus/God will say to them that he never knew them. Why? Because they
did not obey him and his commands. They did not deny self and die to sin, but
they continued in disobedience to God all the while they professed Christ as
their Lord. So he will say, “depart from me, I never knew you.”
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts
26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans
8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1
Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians
5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14;
Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24;
1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation
3:1-22]
Done With Sin!
An Original Work / July 15, 2026
Christ’s Free
Servant, Sue J Love
To Be Like Him
Based off Scripture
An Original Work / March 16, 2014
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Crucified you are
with Jesus.
To be like Him, oh,
you’ll be,
Because He died at
Calv’ry,
So from sin you’d be
free.
Oh, what joy He
brings into your life,
Giving life with Him
endlessly.
Oh, what plans He
has for your life.
Share the gospel
faithfully.
Show the people He
loves them.
Now His witness
you’ll be.
Tell the world of
sin about Jesus,
How He died for them
on a tree.
Purifying hearts, He
saves them,
Who believe on
Christ, God’s Son.
Turning now from
their idols,
New lives they have
begun.
Jesus saves from
sin; we’re forgiven.
Over sin, the
vict’ry He won!
When He comes again
to take us
To be with Him
evermore,
There will be no
more crying.
Gladness will be in
store.
Heavens joys will
now overtake us:
We’ll be with our
Lord evermore.
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