Remembering Your Belovedness (1 Peter 2:11-12)

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Summary

What should Christians do in the face of slander? This was a primary question for the early church, and Peter's first word for them is "Beloved." How do we share Christ in a world that looks down on Christians? Though we are tempted to confrontation and privatization, Peter calls the church to a third way. Listen as Adam encourages us toward a visible love of others which points the world to God's love for us.

Text

1 Peter 2:11–12

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. (ESV)