Christ's Suffering In The Flesh Should Arm Them For The Battle Ahead With One Eye On The Coming Judgment And On The Resurrection (1 Peter 4:1).

Peter tells us that by being made one with Christ in His sufferings we will have our eyes fixed on the right goal, and will avoid falling back into the old useless ways, because His suffering for us constantly reminds us of the judgment that is coming when all will have to give account. However, for us that judgment is no longer to be feared because through His death and resurrection He has brought us to God. Indeed that was why the Gospel was preached to some who have died so that they might know that while men may have condemned them, God will raise them from the dead.

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