1 Peter 2:9-12
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
God changes people from the inside out, and then He turns us around and shows the world that Christian faith isn’t just talk.
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
God changes people from the inside out, and then He turns us around and shows the world that Christian faith isn’t just talk.
Gospel-Identity: You belong to God. (1 Peter 2:9-10)
• A major part of God’s program for shaping His
people is that He reminds us of who we are by His grace.
• The first thing our text says about every follower of Jesus is a thing of wonder: you’ve been chosen by God.
• In a sense, according to Peter, it’s not that all the priests are fired so much as it is that the rest of
us have been hired.
Gospel-Purpose: Let the world see it. (1 Peter 2:11-12)
• Gospel-identity informs gospel-purpose: - Chosen so you can proclaim
- Made holy so you can make known - Different to make a difference
• God uses the holy and honorable conduct of His people to silence the world’s skepticism and turn critics
into worshipers.
• Having been given new life/identity, this world immediately, for the Christian, starts to feel less and less
like home.
• My changed life is not itself the gospel. But
if the gospel doesn’t appear to change anything, who cares to listen?
Thanks Matt!!
• A major part of God’s program for shaping His
people is that He reminds us of who we are by His grace.
• The first thing our text says about every follower of Jesus is a thing of wonder: you’ve been chosen by God.
• In a sense, according to Peter, it’s not that all the priests are fired so much as it is that the rest of
us have been hired.
Gospel-Purpose: Let the world see it. (1 Peter 2:11-12)
• Gospel-identity informs gospel-purpose: - Chosen so you can proclaim
- Made holy so you can make known - Different to make a difference
• God uses the holy and honorable conduct of His people to silence the world’s skepticism and turn critics
into worshipers.
• Having been given new life/identity, this world immediately, for the Christian, starts to feel less and less
like home.
• My changed life is not itself the gospel. But
if the gospel doesn’t appear to change anything, who cares to listen?
Thanks Matt!!
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