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Suffering was inevitable for Peter\u2019s powerless Christian parishes. Peter has one clear point of view: any suffering ought to be the result of being a Christian. It is summed up in bearing the \u201cname.\u201d
\nNotice these two lines:
\n4:14: If you are reviled for the name<\/strong> of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you.
\n4:16: Yet if any of you suffers as a Christian<\/strong>, do not consider it a disgrace, but glorify God because you bear this name<\/strong>.
\nThat \u201cname\u201d is Jesus Christ and they are being called \u201cChristians\u201d: devoted to Jesus, followers of Jesus, little Christs. The expression, which finds a potent parallel in Mark 9:41 (cf. Matt. 10:40-41): that is, they are suffering because they belong to Jesus Christ.
\nInherent to the powerlessness of these communities was the potent combination of being both socially powerlessness and spiritual connection: they suffer because they are Christians and their social status puts them in a spot where they can do next to nothing about it.
\nTo counter that Peter urges them over and over to be good, to be Christian, to follow Jesus.
\nAnd he grounds this once again in judgment:<\/p>\n

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; if it begins with us, what will be the end for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And
\n\u201cIf it is hard for the righteous<\/em> to be saved,
\nwhat will become of the ungodly and the sinners?\u201d
\nTherefore, let those suffering in accordance with God\u2019s will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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