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Welcome to Day 2374 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to\xa0Wisdom Day 2374 \u2013 OUR LIVING HOPE \u2013 PRESSING ON EVEN THOUGH RIPPED OFF 1 PETER 2:13-25 \u2013 Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message \u2013 05/05/2024 Our Strange Life \u2013 Pressing on Even Though Ripped Off 1 Peter 2:13-25 Last week, we explored how we, as God\u2019s Chosen People, are Becoming Living Stones. This week, we need to understand that we, as Christ followers, will not only be the recipients of unjust treatment at times but that there are benefits in bearing the brunt of that treatment in a message titled, Pressing on Even Though Ripped Off. Today\u2019s passage is 1 Peter 2:13-25, on pages 1888 and 1889 of your Pew Bibles. 13\xa0Submit yourselves for the Lord\u2019s sake to every human authority:\xa0whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,\xa014\xa0or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong\xa0and to commend those who do right.\xa015\xa0For it is God\u2019s will\xa0that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.\xa016\xa0Live as free people,\xa0but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;\xa0live as God\u2019s slaves.\xa017\xa0Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers,\xa0fear God, honor the emperor. 18\xa0Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters,\xa0not only to those who are good and considerate,\xa0but also to those who are harsh.\xa019\xa0For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.\xa020\xa0But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.\xa021\xa0To this\xa0you were called,\xa0because Christ suffered for you,\xa0leaving you an example,\xa0that you should follow in his steps. 22\xa0\u201cHe committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.\u201d[e] 23\xa0When they hurled their insults at him,\xa0he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.\xa0Instead, he entrusted himself\xa0to him who judges justly.\xa024\xa0\u201cHe himself bore our sins\u201d\xa0in his body on the cross,\xa0so that we might die to sins\xa0and live for righteousness; \u201cby his wounds you have been healed.\u201d\xa025\xa0For \u201cyou were like sheep going astray,\u201d[f]\xa0but now you have returned to the Shepherd\xa0and Overseer of your souls. Have you ever bought a used car and realized a few weeks later that you got a lemon? Ever drop $100 on the latest supplement or fade diet>regimen guaranteed to make you healthy, wealthy, and wise? Who hasn't been hoodwinked by a smooth-talking salesman in a striped suit with styled hair and patent leather shoes? And who hasn't been burned by a glitzy political campaign that promised much more than it delivered?