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INTRODUCTION:
There is one universal expectation when you go to a Military boot camp:
You are going to be yelled and ridiculed from day one till you ship out on a bus to your fist command.
I remember my first few minutes arriving at Great Lakes Naval Station.
I got off the bus at 2 in the morning,
they lined us up,
and then yelled at us for about an hour.
Then I got in trouble for not remembering all 10 places they told us to go.
You yelled at me for the last hour, and no I don’t remember what 10 places you yelled at me to go.
But it’s universally known that part of the process would be being yelled at unreasonably;
and so at least for that time we endured what ever wise cracks and irradic screaming came our way.
That is what you do if you want a career in the military.
What is amazing is how self-controlled we were.
If someone on the street had yelled at us that way; the very least we would have responded with anger and yelling back.
Not all of us came from good places and so some of us might even turn around with physical violence.
But in that environment, very few of us responded with anything but commited endurance.
I reflect on my own heart.
If I was yelled at today that way, without the military context, would I respond with anger and yelling.
We live in a fallen world in which it is not out of the ordinary to deal with someone who is angry and wants to be malicious to you.
From the challenges of family, to your neighbors, to your coworkers.
We live in a world in which people often respond with anger and mal intent, even when we have done nothing wrong.
Our passage today gives us a Biblical response to anger, abuse, and evil from others.
1 Peter 3:8-1
Peter challenges us,
Proposition: Believers should respond to evil with kindness
Transition: and this Text gives us 4 reasons why?
Let’s first look at this command.
It is stated in a very clear way in .
What is the automatic response for most people when someone is purposely malicious to them?
The natural response, our defense mechanism, is to lash back out.
We might be the vocal type - you yell at me and I am going to yell at you.
We might be the vocal type - you yell at me and I am going to yell at you.
We might be the passive type - I might not make a big deal now, but when you least expect it, I will get my revenge.
And really do this in all of our relationships.
If I am attacked at work - then I yell back, or plot a way to get that person.
This is why corporate business is often known for political maneuvering and back stabbing.
If my wife or husband attacks me - then I verbally or in some other way - get back at them.
Fine, you won’t fix my laundry room, then I won’t wash your clothes.
ILLUSTRATION:
When I was growing up I thought it was comical how are neighbors sometimes would act.
I remember one incident in which they got mad at me for blowing our drive way off.
My dad told me to blow off the driveway, and so I did.
But our neighbors didn’t like it, Because they had a built-in pool; and they didn’t want it dirty.
So what did they do?
We had a big loop driveway that was connected between our and theirs.
So they would take a water hose and wash all the dirt from their side of the driveway onto my side, so I had to clean it again.
This, you get back at me and I will get back at you response is found all over the place.
Work Relationships - If I am attacked at work - then I yell back, or plot a way to get that person.
This is why corporate business is often known for political maneuvering and back stabbing.
Marital Relationships - If my wife or husband attacks me - then I verbally or in some other way - get back at them.
Fine, you won’t fix my laundry room, then I won’t wash your clothes.
We even do this in our
Child-Parent Relationships -
You know know what I as your parent did for you.
I birthed you.
I feed you.
I taught you.
For older children;
I paid for your college
I helped you move into your first apartment.
And so you ought to .... and fill in the blank.
We even treat our children as though it is a one for one relationship.
Our attitude is summed up this way:
If you are good to me, I will be good to you.
If you are malicious to me, I will be malicious to you.
But is this the biblical model we are given?
And that answer is no!
Recall the model Peter preached to us earlier in .
In the context of slave and master relationship,
the model and example we are given is Christ.
May I suggest that next week we will look at the following paragraph, in which Peter brings this up again.
He declares the model we are to follow is Christ - who did not fight back, but trusted God.
Peter specifically commands us in this passage to follow Christ example.
That is not to return evil to evil,
but Return blessing to evil.
To respond with kindness towards evil.
What is the biblical response to anger and malicious acts?
Find ways to bless those who do evil to you.
I love the way the ESV translates this, “but on the contrary, bless”.
I don’t know if there is a golden rule for how to do this.
It requires us to not respond in anger, like our minds and bodies will want to.
Instead, it requires us to respond with kindness towards those who are angry and malicious at us.
And we will have to use wisdom in knowing how to do that faithfully.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Sometimes that is as easy as putting a clipboard in a certain place because it brings peace to the situation.
Sometimes that means you sacrificially bring them a book on their favorite subject.
Sometimes that means apologizing for the wrong that they perceive.
What ever is wise in that conflict,
we are called to follow Christ by not returning evil,
but blessing those who are angry and malicious against us.
Now we have looked at the command - which is fairly strait forward,
but certainly requires us to deeply consider ourselves and it’s application in our lives.
In this passage, you are going to need to do the hard work that I can’t do for you.
I so much wish I could sit down and show you each what this looks like in your life.
Not because I am perfect and have it together,
but because it is essential for us to truly and maturely follow Christ as our example.
What does it mean to truly be transformed by the Gospel?
At least part of that is that your response to angry people is kindness.
You do not fight back, but you look for a way to be kind in the midst of their anger.
And that is an incredible change of heart and mind from how we normal react.
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