Victim or Victor?

Victim or Victor?
1 Peter 3:17-18
Introduction
I.Distinctively Christian Suffering
A.Undeserved (2:19-20; 4:14-16)
B.Divinely Ordained (1:6; 2:21; Pss. 1:6; 31:7; 37:17-24)
“God is too wise to err, and too loving to cause his child a needless tear.” A. W. Pink
“…if we suffer unjustly, it is not by chance, but according to the divine will; and…God wills nothing or appoints nothing but for the best reason. Hence the faithful have always this comfort in their miseries…” Calvin
II. Christ's Distinctive Suffering
A.Similarities (Phil. 1:29)
B.Distinctiveness
1.Christ suffered and died once for sins…
2.…the righteous for the unrighteous…
3.…that he might bring us to God…
Conclusion