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Jeannie Koh
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Jeannie's published pages
LAB184 The Future Hope for Suffering
1 Peter 5:10-11
LAB182 The Art of War Part 2
1 Peter 5:8-10
LAB181 The Art of War Part 1
1 Peter 5:8-9
The Tale of Two Covenants
Hebrews 8:1-9:10
LAB180 Ways to cross-reference to understand a passage rightly
1 Peter 5:8-9
LAB177 God's Grace means I just sit back and relax? Hah! Think Again!!
1 Peter 5:7-9
LAB176 Three Ways to Fight Anxiety
1 Peter 5:7-8
LAB175 Why Romans 5:21 refers to imputed righteousness
Romans 5:20-6:2
LAB174 God relieves the humble of their fears
1 Peter 5:6-7
LAB170 Reading the passage supernaturally
1 Peter 5:2-3
LAB168 Reading Narratives to See Truths
Acts 16:19-31
LAB165 The Surpassing Wonder of the Truth of Election
Acts 13:46-49
LAB165 The Importance of Forming a Worldview
1 Peter 4:12-19
LAB161 Divine Conception and the Joyful Purpose of Christ's Arrival
Matthew 1:18-25
LAB160 The Ground for Seeking Purity of Faith in Suffering
1 Peter 4:17-18
LAB159 Seven Ways God honours us so we don't have to be ashamed for being Christians
1 Peter 4:16
LAB157 God Gives Us A Taste of Future Glory Now
1 Peter 4:14
LAB156 A Tale of Two Joys
1 Peter 4:13
LAB155 Using Word Searches to Understand Persecution in Peter
1 Peter 4:12
LAB154 Complaining in the right spirit
Jeremiah 12:1
LAB153 Don't Miss the Wonder of an Introduction
Galatians 1:3-5
Ask Questions to Reveal the Text's Dense Logic
1 Peter 4:10-11
LAB150 The Jigsaw Puzzle of Change
2 Corinthians 3:15-18
LAB148 Mine Within the Immediate Context First
1 Peter 4:10
LAB147 To See Requires God's Extraordinary Power
2 Corinthians 4:6-7
LAB146 Using varied contexts to understand godly hospitality
1 Peter 4:9
LAB145 How love helps cover sins by others
1 Peter 4:8
LAB144 The Levels of A Doxology
Romans 11:33-36
LAB143 Using Search Tool for Big Ideas like "Last Days"
1 Peter 4:7
LAB142 Praying after God's WORD when dealing with sin
Psalms 19:12-13
LAB141 Ground, Context and Logic to Determine Who the Dead are
1 Peter 4:6
LAB140 Loving Enemies and Trusting God's Justice
1 Peter 4:5
LAB139 Holiness defined by context, in part
1 Thessalonians 4:11-13
LAB138 The Inference that Leads to Meaningful Work
1 Corinthians 15:58
LAB137 The Ground For Not Boasting in Men
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
LAB136 What baptism has to do with salvation
1 Peter 3:21-22
LAB135 Show the World A Life Worth Living
1 Peter 4:3-4
LAB 134 Living for Godly Passions
1 Peter 4:2
LAB133 Who Are The Antichrists
1 John 2:18-19
LAB132 Christ died to make us dead to sin
1 Peter 4:1
LAB131 Can a True Christian Fall Away from God?
1 John 2:19
LAB130 Decrypting Confusing Bible Verses
1 Peter 3:19-20
LAB 129 It is the LORD who raises us up after we fall into sin
Micah 7:7-9
LAB128 Jesus Came to Ultimately Glorify God
Romans 15:8-9
LAB127 The Prayer for Fearless Contentment
Philippians 4:6-7
LAB126 No Other God
Deuteronomy 33:26-27
LAB125 How the OT Promises is Ours
Isaiah 41:10
LAB124 Prepare Your Heart for Cancer
1 Thessalonians 5:9-11
LAB123 The Cross is to Bring Us to God
1 Peter 3:18
LAB122 The Keys to Knowing How to Live
Psalms 100:1-5
LAB121  God Wills Sin Done Against Us Without Sinning
1 Peter 3:17
LAB120 Meditating on the Word
James 3:17-18
LAB119 Treasure Jesus More than Safety
1 Peter 3:14-16
LAB118 God's blessings in suffering
1 Peter 3:14
LAB117 Sovereign God May Harm Us for Ultimate Good
1 Peter 3:13
LAB116 Love Your Enemies for Your Own Sake
1 Peter 3:9-12
LAB115 The Heart of the Christian Faith
Colossians 2:13-14
LAB114 How can we bless those who revile us?
1 Peter 3:8-9
LAB113 God Blesses Us to Bless the World
Psalms 67:1-7
LAB112 Election Gives Evangelism Power
2 Timothy 2:8-10
LAB111 Do Not Diminish God's Love for You
1 Thessalonians 1:2-7
LAB110 Your Prayers Hang on Your Marriage
1 Peter 3:7
LAB 109 Believe God more than my pain and loss
John 11:1-6
LAB108 The Saving Power of a Fearless Wife
1 Peter 3:1-6
LAB107 Saved by Grace But Not Without War
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Only by Christ's atonement and substitution, will I be able to follow Christ's example of doing good in responding to evil
1 Peter 2:21-25
God's Wise Sayings are delightfully trustworthy
Proverbs 22:17-19
God is Faithful to Himself Above All Else
2 Timothy 2:11-13
Do good when mistreated, keeping God and His reward in mind.
1 Peter 2:18-20
LAB102 Live on Earth as Citizens of Heaven
1 Peter 2:13-17
LAB101 Holy God became like us
Philippians 2:3-8
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LAB158 Do You Suffer Because of Your Own Sin?
1 Peter 4:15
LAB158 A Simple Verse With More Than Meets The Eye
#sin
#responsetoevil
#asi
Published April 13th, 2017
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1 Peter 4:15
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But let none of you suffer
This phrase is curious: Could mean don't get caught. But that is unlikely because it does matter whether we sin or not.
Command not to suffer
as a murderer
in the following ways
or a thief
or an evildoer
or as a meddler.
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Refer: www.desiringgod.org/labs/do-you-suffer-because-of-your-sin www.desiringgod.org/labs/mind-your-own-business Ps Piper's process Regarding verse 15a Why the phrase "let none of you suffer"? Could mean don't get caught, but it can't be that Peter means that it's all right to murder This raises another question, "why focus on suffering"? Why not say do not murder, steal, do evil and meddle? This leads to the thought that there is more going on here Therefore, where else does Peter talk about suffering? 1 Peter 2:19-20 what credit is it when you sin you suffer? Possible: that some felt that suffering in itself is good, even if it is for sin 1 Peter 3:16-17 better to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. Undeserved suffering for doing good than for deserved suffering for doing evil This undeserved suffering is radical. This kind of injustice is better than this kind of justice. E.g. prefer to be the person whose house is robbed than being the robber Four conclusions: a) it's not a matter of indifference whether we suffer for doing good or evil b) There is no credit for suffering for sin c) injustice against us is better than our doing injustice d) don't prioritise the value of suffering above the value of doing good Regarding the four sins: Is there something about the order of sins? Most serious to least order? When Peter says he doesn't want to suffer for the gravest or the least sins. Why these four sins and not others? What is it about murder that is relevant here? Consider the recipients: people undergoing great and small opposition. There might be temptation to fight back by murder. Stealing? Taking something not ours to compensate for being stolen from. But this means that we take that this world is our treasure, not the world to come. Evil doer? Opposite of 1 Peter 2:12 Main reason to avoid evil doing is to have our lives known for good doing so that glory goes to God Meddler? Busybody, nosy person. Most provocative of all. Why is this here? 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12, 2 Thessalonians 3:11-12 Paul's recipients had issues about meddling 1 Peter 2:11 In Peter's letter, we are sojourners, exile here. This world is not our concern. Perhaps this leads to being an idler, busybody and good for nothing. Peter might be saying exile does not mean don't be involved in this world. It does mean use this world differently. Use it for King Jesus who owns this world. Therefore, don't take justice into our own hands by murdering, or stealing or doing any evil, or being a busy body. Work hard in this world for God and be engaged, not idle.
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