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The privilege of being people who are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession” (1 Peter 2:9) brings serious responsibility. The chart of responsibilities of living a holy life can go on for pages, and one look at this short list tells us...
In the evening prayer for Thursday within the octave of Easter, the Church prays: “Almighty God, ever-living mystery of unity and Trinity, you gave life to the new Israel by birth from water and the Spirit, and made it a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a people set apart as your ...
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God is not finished with the people of Israel (Romans 11:25-32), however, since the first coming of the Messiah there has been a wide open door for Jew and Gentile alike to become the chosen people of God on this earth: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation...
(1 Corinthians 1.2). It’s why that fisher of men, Peter, tells the believers scattered throughout the Roman provinces that they are a “chosen people, a royal priesthood, aholynation,” indeed “God’s special possession,” (1 Peter 2.9), picking up a term used centuries before way ...
I Peter says, “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” (1 Peter 2:9). God’s voice illuminates the darkness; Jesus’ sacrifice ...