Peter is quite clear in 1 Pet 2.21, we are called to suffer if we are true followers of Christ. No one wants to suffer. We are not Christian masochists. This is simply the reality of being who we are. The world hates us. We will suffer. As one commentator puts it:
Peter does not ask us to view suffering as inevitable in the world under the curse. He does not ask for stoic resignation. A life of suffering is our calling, not our fate. It is our calling just because we are God’s people. It is our calling because it was Christ’s calling. He calls his disciples to follow him.
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