1Pe 2:17 Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
1Pe 2:18 ¶ Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
1Pe 2:19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
1Pe 2:20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.
1Pe 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
1Pe 2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
1Pe 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
1Pe 2:24 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.
Mat 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Mat 5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have [thy] cloke also.
Mat 5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Mat 5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Mat 5:43 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Mat 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Mat 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Mat 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Mat 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the publicans so?
Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Rom 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Rom 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Rom 12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Rom 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
- There should be nothing we do that is not for Christ, we should live the way He instructed us in all things whether we are being persecuted for His name or reviled just because someone else has issues. These are good for us on more than one purpose.- As believers we are to be dying daily and walking in our death and His resurrection. Each time we are presented with an opportunity where we are being walked on we are given the ability in Christ to put down the old man and walk like Christ, or to raise up the old man and say to ourselves " i dont have to take that". One bares much spiritual fruit in Christ. Notice Jesus did not say " when you are reviled for my name, he just said when you are reviled".
If we look at the entire word of God we find that many wrong things- that appeared to have nothing to do with God-happened to Gods people but that it was GOD working those things out for their good. and it is true today. Something does not have to come blaspheming Jesus name, to be a situation where we obey these words and accepted being walked on. God does these things for our good. It is His will that we be tried, and tested.It is His will to use pressings and pushings and hard things to get us to give up our worldly " rights" of the flesh and die to self. Things for us are not supposed to be fair, we are to be hated by all nations for His name sake.
If you are never walked over, you will never get the chance to die to self when opposed by others, or to bless them who curse you, to do good to them to return good for evil.
