SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION!

1 Peter 2:15 KJV
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men

OUR WORLD TODAY IS FULL OF SELF-IMPORTANT, SELF-INDULGENT & CONTROLLING, AND ON AND ON IT GOES!

MIGHT THE APOSTLE BE DESCRIBING WHO IS BEING SILENCED?

OBSERVATION!

In the exercising of our authority, bestowed by Elohim, through his supporting power, we find a special tool in our armoury!

Exercising the will of God is, to a good man, the strongest reason for any duty.

We are freed spiritually from the bondage of sin and Satan, and the ceremonial law; but we must not make our Christian liberty a cloak or covering for any wickedness, or for the neglect of any duty towards God or towards our superiors, but must remember, we are the servants of God! First and foremost!

COMMENTARY OFFERED BY MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714)

The apostle concludes his discourse concerning the duty of subjects with four admirable precepts:

(1) Honour all men. Due respect is to be given to all men; the poor are not to be despised (Proverbs 17:5); the wicked must be honoured, not for their wickedness, but for any other qualities, such as wit, prudence, courage, eminency of employment.

Abraham, Jacob, Samuel, the prophets, and the apostles, never scrupled to give due honour to bad men.

(2) Love the brotherhood. All Christians are a fraternity, united to Christ the head, alike disposed and qualified, nearly related in the same interest, having communion one with another, and going to the same home; they should therefore love one another with an especial affection.

(3) Fear God with the highest reverence, duty, and submission; if this be wanting, none of the other three duties can be performed as they ought.

(4) Honour the king with that highest honour that is peculiarly due to him above other men.

OBSERVATION!

I hear many state, I desire to walk in Yeshua’s footprints! I ponder this statement and in my mind ask I wonder if they realize what they are asking for?

From the example of Christ, who suffered for us, and so became our example, that we should follow his steps, we then learn our fate as we read and discover what awaits.

First, Good Christians are a sort of people called to be sufferers, and therefore they must expect it; by the terms of Christianity they are bound to deny themselves, and take up the cross; they are called by the commands of Christ, by the dispensations of Providence, and by the preparations of divine grace; and, by the practice of Jesus Christ, they are bound to suffer when thus called to it.

Secondly, Jesus Christ suffered for you, or for us; it was not the Father that suffered, but he whom the Father sanctified, and sent into the world, for that end; it was both the body and soul of Christ that suffered, and he suffered for us, in our stead and for our good, 1 Peter 2:24.

Thirdly, the sufferings of Christ should quiet us under the most unjust and cruel sufferings we meet with in the world.

He suffered voluntarily, not for himself, but for us, with the utmost readiness, with perfect patience, from all quarters, and all this though he was God – man; shall not we sinners, who deserve the worst, submit to the light afflictions of this life, which work for us unspeakable advantages afterwards?

I ponder if those answering the call to walk in Yeshua’s footprints realize this awaits them! And ultimately we will be heading to crucifixion!

Robert a humble obedient servant to Yeshua and his Father in heaven Yahewa. And all of God’s children say Amen and Amen in the name of Jehovah Jireh our provider of all things righteous and Holy.