"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin."(Hebrews 12:1-4)
"But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For TO THIS YOU WERE CALLED, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that YOU SHOULD FOLLOW HIS STEPS: 'Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth', who, when He was reviled, He did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed."(1 Peter 2:20-24)
"But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace."(James 3:17,18)
As we remember Christ's service for our sake, we must also understand our calling.
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