1 Pet 4:3–6

4:3
For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the
non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires,
drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
4
So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood
of wickedness, and they vilify you.
5
They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge
the living and the dead.
6
Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who
are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human
standards they may live spiritually by God’s standards.

One thought:

 

Living as a Christian today – done right – should feel like swimming against a flood current. It would be so much easier to go with the flow – but then over the waterfall you go.

Three questions:

 

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Do you feel like you have had your fill of sinful living?

 

Following up from yesterdays challenge – start doing one good thing that will help you flee sin

 

Prayer:

 

Acknowlege that God is the judge of the world and that He has the authority to judge the living and the dead.

Give thanks that in Christ we are saved from the ultimate consequence of sin.

Ask God to help you swim against the flood current.

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