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NASB | 1 Peter 2:19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 2:19 For this finds favor, if a person endures the sorrow of suffering unjustly because of an awareness of [the will of] God. |
Subject: What's the proper response to injustice? |
Bible Note: "Waiting for an answer, as to what can be done about injustice, and waiting for justice, are alike, both painful processes. One is interested in what the brethren think, and what God feels, and thinks, as he looks on." First of all Aixen, you KNOW what God thinks about sin in the church - 1 Cor 5:11- we are not to even eat with an immoral brother. You KNOW how God feels about sin - He hates it. (see Prov 6:16-19)What should concern us about the way that the brethren think is this: are they be thinking the things that will prompt obedience righteousness and godliness? See, when we don't hate what God hates, when we don't delight ourselves in the LORD, when we don't address sin in the church, we becaome just as guilty of injustice. By not responding to sin, we don't submit ourselves to the Lord and we in essence, practice injustice. We don't apply the justice of God as revealed in Christ's death and we will reap the consequences of unrepentant behavior - the discipline of God. By refusing to address sin in the church we become paticipants in that sin (recall our recent discussion of 1 Tim 5:22; vv19-20 are quite explicit of what response God expects us to take see also Titus 3:10-11; 2 John 10-11; Romans 16:17-18) 1 John 3:22 whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. May these references bless and guide you along the path that God has marked out for you dear brother. mommapbs |