1 Peter 2:21-24 Christ Also Suffered for Us Leaving Us An Example

1 Peter 2:21-24 (KJV) For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 

Christ suffered that we may be saved. He left for us an example of carrying the cross, of suffering to accomplish God’s purpose for the salvation of souls. The Apostle Peter exhorts the church – ye should follow His steps.

Christ took our sins by His crucifixion on the Roman cross, the just for the unjust that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. Christ bore the burden of our sins so that we may be delivered from our sins.

Let us therefore realize the great price paid by Christ for our redemption. Let us live unto righteousness because it befits our new status as sanctified ones, Amen.