Lesson (3045)(05-2-20) 1 Peter 2:11-17
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.”
In today’s quote, Peter encouraged the saved among the Gentiles to honor God in everthing they did. Giving Him the praise and glory for all things.
They were to obey the laws that governed the land from the highest authority down to the least, no matter who was incharge.
That same lesson should apply today just as it did then.~
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