Finished with sin
This week's verses are 1 Peter 4:1-5 : So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin, in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires. For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries. So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you. They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. Saint Peter is reminding us that we can start life anew, thanks to Jesus. In a natural sense, we already know we have the capacity to start over. Big events can help us to make radical changes in our lives. A DWI arrest, for instance, may lead to someone renouncing ...