Live in the Victory of Christ
Posted by Pastor on April 12, 2010
The Sunday after Resurrection Day should not be the first Sunday that we “move on” from Easter and get back to our regular thinking. Each year, focus on the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ should transform us and our lives should reflect anew our encounter with him.
In this passage Peter reminds us that we have already been given a certain victory – a freedom from bondage to sin that empowers us to live as he has been describing – as Elect Exiles. It is not the one who sins in order to fit in that receives the mocking or scorn of the world. It is the one who stands for the word of Christ when the culture is counter to it.
Rather than engaging in any form of debauchery, live in a way that is sober-minded and self-controlled. This way of life gives power and focus to prayer. Above all – devote yourself in a giving agape-style love to your fellow believers. Help them in any way you can, in any way you have been enabled.
The world can see what we believe by how we behave. Do so with honor. Do all things for the glory of God in Christ, knowing that He will bring your reward.
