The Christian life is absurd if you live it the way the Bible teaches. As Peter finishes his exhortation to various churches about to suffer, his teaching is incomprehensible to anyone that is apart from Christ. But in Christ, his exhortation is the only thing that can give us hope. An exhortation to endure and to do it alongside others is the call of the church, and it is a call that will be worth it in the end.