Do Not Repay Evil (1 Peter 3:8–9)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 1 Peter 3:8–9, David Platt reminds us of the call to bless others rather than repay them with evil.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:03.8	1st Peter chapter 3 verses 8 and 9. Finally, all of you have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love,
0:12.8	a tender heart and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling,
0:20.8	but on the contrary, bless for to this you were called that you may obtain a blessing.
0:28.0	What a word from God to us as his church. Do you hear what God is calling us to
0:35.3	as his sons and daughters, as his family, to a unity of mind? Obviously, we know that in this
0:42.4	world we'll have different thoughts and different perspectives on different things.
0:48.3	So what is this unity of mind? Clearly, it's around who God is and who Jesus is and how Jesus
0:54.6	saves us. This is the gospel that unites us together. Over and above every other thing we think,
1:01.6	the truth about who Jesus is, unity of mind around Jesus, sympathy for each other, brotherly love,
1:11.3	love for each other, like family, a tender heart. How does it look like to interact with others
1:18.2	in the church with a tender heart and a humble mind realizing none of us has it all figured out.
1:24.8	And to be careful not to repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling when you are reviled
1:31.8	on the contrary God says, bless, bless people who revile you. Bless and do good to people who do
1:41.2	evil to you that you may obtain a blessing. This is good for you to live in this way and good for
1:49.2	others. God, help us to obey first Peter 3, 8 and 9. God, we pray for a unity of mind as
1:56.2	your children in our local churches we pray for unity of mind around the gospel, around the goodness
2:01.9	of your word and your character. God, we pray for unity of mind across our churches in your church.
2:07.6	We pray for unity of mind. We pray for sympathy toward each other. We pray for brotherly love
2:12.2	toward each other. We pray for tender hearts toward each other for a humble mind with each other.
2:18.8	Bring these things about in your church today. We need all these things in first Peter 3, 8
2:24.0	and in light of verse 9, God, we pray that you would help us to return evil toward us with good
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