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This
is what you were called to do
by
Jean-Louis Coraboeuf
"Do not return evil for evil, or reviling for reviling;
but, on the contrary, with blessing, for this is what you were
called to do, so that you may inherit blessing" (1 Peter
3:9).
It is because we know God’s plans for us (our calling), that
we can act in accordance with them. We have been called:
to bless in order to receive blessing (1 Peter 3:9),
to undergo suffering in silence in order to live out God’s
justice (1 Peter 2:21-24),
to be free in order to serve others (Galatians 5:13),
to one hope that preserves unity of spirit (Ephesians 4:4),
to one body, so that Christ’s peace might reign in men’s
hearts (Colossians 3:15),
to the fellowship of God’s son in order to be blameless (1
Corinthians 1:8-9),
to His kingdom in order to walk in a way that is worthy of God (1
Thessalonians 2:12),
to sanctification in order to be a vessel of honour (1
Thessalonians 4:3-7),
to possess the glory of Jesus-Christ in order to be saved (2
Thessalonians 2:13-14),
to eternal life in order to pursue the Kingdom’s values. (1
Timothy 6:11-12),
to an eternal inheritance to avoid doing dead works (Hebrews
9:14-15),
to eternal glory in Christ in order to resist the devil (1 Peter
5:8-9),
to the feast of the Lamb in
order to be arrayed in fine linen (Revelation 19:8-9).
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