We'll happy Friday and welcome back to the podcast.

I hope your Thanksgiving was full.

I hope it was wonderful.

And we end this holiday week on the podcast with an email from a young man named Peyton.

Peyton writes this, Pastor John, hello.

Thank you for your look at the book video series.

I used them to prepare a recent lesson I taught on 1st Peter 3 versus 8 to 22.

After on, I found your exegesis of 1st Peter 415, very helpful to understand the role

of suffering in the Christian life.

One of your four conclusions was this, don't prioritize the value of suffering above

the value of doing good.

I think that's a relevant word in this age when getting hated or deleted online as a

badge of accomplishment.

You draw out a powerful application from this text as for a why, but I'm failing to connect

to this point of application to the text itself.

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this connection and how Peter is conveying this

message to his readers?

Also how might we apply this in our daily walk as we battle against unjust suffering?

Thank you.

Okay, let's get everybody up to speed.

Here's the context of 1st Peter 413 to 16.

Be joist in so far as you share Christ sufferings that you may rejoice and be glad when his glory

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