ASHORTWORK
Biblical Understanding based on the Record of Scripture
YHVH (OT) and Jesus Christ (NT) chose individuals to be servants and gave them responsibility and authority and made their choices to be known. Other individuals took responsibility and authority to themselves, and proclaimed themselves, but were never chosen at all. The members of the Church of God, the Body of Christ, have been chosen to be servants and those who exercise lordship and dominion are choosing for themselves.
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1Peter 3:8-12 NKJV
Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tender hearted, be courteous; (humble)
not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were CALLED to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
For He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.
For the eyes of the LORD (Father-YHVH) are on the righteous and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil.