1 Peter 2:18-25

Last night the Bible study group completed 1,Peter 2 working through verses 18 to 25. There were nine of us. This passage instructs how we should respond to suffering by following the example of Jesus. He did not retaliate in any way while He was condemned, tortured and crucified. Our normal response is to defend or justify ourselves,at the slightest provocation but this is not the way of Jesus. We also looked at the reality that Jesus' suffering was not only physical as intense as that was but also emotional as his closest followers forsook him and fled. More agonizing was the separation of perfect fellowship between the Father and Himself as He bore the wrath of God for our sins. 'Ny God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" quoting from Psalm 22.1