We are to serve God willingly.
Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; 1 Peter 5:2
Not out of duty but our wanting to serve God.
You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:24
We are called to do this if we call ourselves Christians, to serve Christ.
God gave us good works so that we would serve Him and others willingly.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10
Then the final theme is we are to share the suffering of Christ.
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 2:3
We are to Suffer as Christ suffered as Followers of Jesus Christ.
We are to do this with joy not sadness.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, James 1:2
But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 1 Peter 4:13
Tomorrow we will continue our study of Peter with 2 book of Peter...
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