2/22/2024

Our scripture this morning is 1 Peter 2:9-10.

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.

Peter writes to believers everywhere using language that was once reserved for the children of Israel, “a chosen people.” In Christ all believers are unified as “royal priests, a holy nation.” Accepting Jesus as our Lord and savior makes us people of God.

In Hosea 2:23 we read “And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ and they will say, ‘You are my God!’ ” God had a plan for all His children from the beginning, no matter who we are. The apostle John tells us ”But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:12). 

While our relationship with God is an amazing blessing, there is more – He has work for us to do!  Peter tells us “you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.” Jesus entrusted His ministry to us as the children of God and we must share the Good News with the world.

Loving Lord, thank You for loving us so much and making us Your people. Send us to tell everyone the joy of a connection with You, that all may know Your love. Amen.

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