1 Peter 2:21-25 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
22“He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
23When they heaped abuse on Him,
He did not retaliate;
when He suffered, He made no threats,
but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
24He Himself bore our sins
in His body on the tree,
so that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness.
“By His stripes you are healed.”
25For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
We are Called
We who believe in Jesus Christ with our lives are called of
God to follow the example of Jesus Christ with our lives. Now, not one of us
will ever be sinless like He was, because we are all born in sin, in the image
of Adam, with sin natures, whereas Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy
Spirit, and not of man, and born of a virgin woman. And when Jesus lived on the
earth, He never sinned, even though He was tempted to sin as we are tempted. But
we can follow His example of not giving way to sin. We can die to sin.
Sin Not Our Practice
Now, this doesn’t mean that we will never sin (see 1 John
2:1-2). But what the Scriptures teach us in 1 John 1-3 and all throughout the
New Testament writings, is that, as followers of Christ, we are to be putting
sin to death in our lives, and sin is no longer to be our practice (our habit).
But obedience to God and to His commands are now to be our practice. So, if we
continue to make sin our practice, and not obedience to our Lord’s commands, we
will not inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips profess.
No Deceit
Jesus Christ was not a liar, even if some people may have
accused Him of being so. He did not deceive people with lies made up, but He
spoke the truth of God’s Word to the people, even if they rejected it, and even
if they hated Him for it. And we are not to be people who lie to other people,
even if it is to make them feel good. We should be honest people who speak the
truth in love to people for their good, with kindness, but never compromising
truth and righteousness so that people will like us and not reject us.
No Retaliation
When others sin against, which they will, we are not to “get
even” with them. We are not to retaliate. We are not to deliberately do
something to hurt them because they hurt us. But we may have to call out their
sin if their sin is affecting other people or in hopes that they will repent of
their sins and that they will now obey God with their lives. But that is not
retaliation if the intent is love and compassion and mercy and a desire to see
the sinner come to repentance and to walks of obedience to our Lord’s commands.
No Threats
This goes right along with no retaliation. For a threat is
some kind of indication of an intention or possibility of harming or injuring
the ones who abused us and thus is our reason for having to suffer. But this is
not to be confused with biblical warnings, which are for our good, which let us
know that if we do not die to sin and obey God’s commands, in life practice,
that we will not inherit eternal life with God. These kinds of warnings are given
out of love and mercy, not with a desire to retaliate in any way.
The Gospel
1 Peter 2:24 summarizes the message of the gospel of our
salvation in just one Scripture. When Jesus gave His life up for us on that
cross, to put our sins to death with Him, it was for the purpose that we might
now die with Him to sin and live for Him in His righteousness, in the power of God.
He did not die just to forgive us our sins and so we can go to heaven when we
die, and He did not forgive us our sins so we could continue living in
deliberate sin, but He died that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.
Amen!
Going Astray
So, if you are professing faith in Jesus Christ, but sin is
still what you practice, by habit, and not obedience to God and to His
commands, and this has been the way it has been ever since you claimed faith in
Jesus Christ, please know that the Scriptures teach that if you claim to know
God and to be in fellowship with Him, you lie. You do not speak the truth. For
Jesus gave His life up for us on that cross that we might die to sin and live
to righteousness in obedience to our Lord in holy living, empowered by God.
[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]
So, this is a call of God for you to repent of (turn from)
your sins (die to sin) and to now obey God and His commands in life practice,
empowered by God.
Follow Christ’s Example
An Original Work / October 29,
2026
Christ’s Free
Servant, Sue J Love
Video Talk on The Same Subject
The Prayer
Written by David
Foster, Carole Bayer Sager,
Alberto Testa and
Tony Renis
I pray you'll be our
eyes
And watch us where
we go
And help us to be
wise
In times when we
don't know
I pray we'll find
your light
And hold it in our
hearts
When the stars go
out each night
Remind us where you
are.
Let this be our
prayer
When shadows fill
our day
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your
grace
To a place where
we'll be safe.
Or Give us faith so
we’ll be safe
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