CHRIST - OUR EXAMPLE 1 PETER 2:21-25 & 3:18-22 ILLUSTRATIVE PICTURE To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” When they hurled insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 1 Peter 2:21-25 NIV “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 1 Peter 2:21-25 NIV For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were 1 Peter 3:18-22 NIV saved through water, and this water symbolises baptism that now saves you also-not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience towards God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand- with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him. 1 Peter 3:18-22 NIV Christ - Our Example In the trials – He has gone before. Christ - Our Example In the trials – He has gone before. In the triumph – He has made a way. Christ - Our Example In the trials – He has gone before. In the triumph – He has made a way. Alive to God – to live for righteousness..