... It is a powerful text. It draws us to it, especially when we’re dealing with the theme of this conference. But the Spirit led me to another text for this address. Listen to it: Read 1 Peter 2:1-10 Get the setting for that Scripture lesson in mind in order that we might appropriate its meaning. Peter was writing some Christians who were facing slander and persecution. They were Christians in dispersion – exile. This was a circular letter, to be passed from group to group. Its purpose was to fortify these ...
... visual aids because they can so easily be trite or corny. For a visual generation, however, they can also be very effective. They give the listener a "hook" by which the message of the sermon sticks to them. For example, I preached a post-Easter sermon on 1 Peter 2:9-10: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were no people, but now you are God's people ...
... I here?" Second I think we pursue that purpose because I believe God has a purpose for each and every one of us. And we can be the person God created us to be unless we are living within the parameters of that purpose. I think the Apostle Peter believed that, too. In his first letter, he writes: 1 Peter 2:9-10 (NRSV) [9] But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light ...
... ourselves wanting to make the church into something different from what it is. What got me thinking about this was today's reading from 1 Samuel. In last Sunday's sermon, we read about Samuel as a young boy hearing God's voice and receiving the news from ... and welcome others to be part of it. 1. See Essentials of Christian Theology, William C. Placher, ed. (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003), pp. 221-226. 2. See, for example, Romans 9:6-8; 1 Peter 2:9-10; and Galatians 3:29. 3. This observation is ...
... is acquittal. The punishment we deserve has been carried out on Jesus. "He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross" (1 Peter 2:24). Thus John wrote, "Those who believe in him are not condemned" (John 3:18). Jesus said, "Anyone who hears my word and ... , and of his kingdom there will be no end" (Luke 1:33). This was God's plan from the beginning: "to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ" (Ephesians 1:10 NIV). Christ is an unusual and remarkable king. He says ...
... Peter understood that better than any of the disciples. Later he would write about that in his epistle. In 1 Peter 2:7-8 he called Christ a precious stone and adds those important words, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone . . .” Despite Peter ... feet of them that preach the gospel of peace” (Romans 10:15). And then Warren Wiersbe asks this pointed question, “What kind of feet do you have?” (2) Good question. Peter proves that ordinary people, with all their faults, are still ...
... " (Matthew 10:22). After speaking of the resurrection hope, Paul exhorted the Corinthians, "Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain" (1 Corinthians ... sake of your prayers" (1 Peter 4:7). "Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God ...?" (2 Peter 3:11-12). ...
... a petros, the mountain is a petra. Now what Jesus said was this: "You are Peter ‘a little stone,' but upon this petra, the mountain, I will build my church. Now the Bible tells us what the rock is. 1 Cor. 10:4 says, "that rock was Christ." The only man that is ever to be ... the church stone-by-stone on the rock which is Christ Himself. I guarantee you that is what Peter was thinking about when he said in 1 Peter 2:5, "…you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to ...
... . So instead of talking out how to be a man of God, I want to talk about being a man of God. I think you will see that the difference is more than subtle. (Read I Peter 2:1-10) Get the setting for that Scripture lesson in mind in order that we might appropriate its meaning. Peter was writing some Christians who were facing slander and persecution. They were Christians in dispersion – exile. This was a circular letter, to be passed from group to group. Its purpose was to fortify these Christians and ...
Psalm 118:1-29, Isaiah 18:1-7, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, 1 Peter 2:4-12
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... The Lord’s Restoration and God’s Spirit Within (Ezekiel 36) The Story of Jesus’ Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-9; Luke 9:28-36; Mark 9:2-13, 32) The Warnings Against Idols (1 Corinthians 10) Peter Confirms the Disciples’ Witness to Jesus’ Transfiguration (2 Peter 1:16-18) The Revelation of John and the Church in Pergamum (Revelation 1 and 2:12-17) The Seal of the Multitude Washed White in the Blood of Jesus (Revelation 7) The Light of the Lord’s Eternal City (Revelation 21) Image Exegesis: Living ...
... were alerted to save a few rooms for out-of-town guests who might appear at the last minute and need accommodations. Exactly 10 people showed up for the funeral. The husband, the daughters, their husbands, one grandchild and two members of their small circle of ... all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander ... for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord (1 Peter 2:1, 3)." What an incredible power forgiveness turns loose. It is an expansive spirit. A person who has done his or her ...
... for “the Fathers house.” (pg. 13). So I am preoccupied these days with the nature of the church and the nature of Christian discipleship. One passage of Scripture that is helping me with these two preoccupations is I Peter 2:1-10. You heard that message. In this passage, Peter puts our personal and corporate identity together – and he does talk about the nature of the church and of Christian discipleship. It helps to get the context of Scripture in mind when we are trying to appropriate its meaning ...
... that is carried out in this song. The Lord speaks in 52:13-15. Then the foreign nations take up the speech in 53:1-10, and finally God ends the speech in 53:11-12. The foreigners are utterly amazed that the people whom they thought had been ... who takes away the sins of the world, in John (1:29). Jesus' grave is made with a rich man called Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57-60), yet certainly he had committed no sin and spoken no guile (1 Peter 2:22). And like the nations in the Suffering Servant Song, ...
... he who made us in his image. In one church recently, the minister tried to call his people to worship using Psalm 46:10: "Be still, and know that I am God." He spoke those solemn words, but the congregation continued chattering. He tried again in a ... Christ." Peter reminded his Christian readers that they were "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people" called to "declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light" (1 Peter 2:9). This ...
... said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” (Gen. 12:1) The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews recorded Abraham’s response: “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go to a place ... once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.” (I Peter 2:9-10) (NKJV) If we do not see this as a call to holiness, a call and a promise of a new race, our spiritual understanding ...
... their nourishment. He went on to say that believers needed to take in pure spiritual milk (1 Peter 2:1). From what source did such spiritual nourishment come? According to Peter, it came from God’s word. A steady diet of his word would give believers ... guide God’s people. He even referred to himself as the Good Shepherd who would lay down his life for his sheep (John 10:11). Because of Jesus Christ, another feature of the prophecy was fulfilled. God promised his people through the prophet that he would be ...
... of the Lord (Micah 4) Jesus the High Priest in the Eternal Order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7) The Living Stone of Zion (1 Peter 2) Luke’s Witness to Jesus’ Blessing of His Disciples and Ascension Then he opened their minds, so they could understand the Scriptures. ... the order of Melchizedek.” (Heb 5:10). “This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of the God Most High.” (Heb 7:1). “His tabernacle is in Salem; His dwelling place also is in Zion.” (Psalm 76:2). “The Lord has sworn and will ...
... helped to break down barriers that separated people. As he would note later in a letter, "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" (1 Peter 2:10). But word has gotten back to the church elders, and they call Peter in to account for what he has done. In point of fact, he hasn't done anything. The Holy Spirit has accomplished this impossible task of bringing people together, but these elders fear a church that is open to all ...
... says that he was made “to be sin.” So, again, the remedy recalls the malady. Alternative Applications Numbers 21:4-9; Ephesians 2:1-10. “A Good, Healthy Appetite.” “I just don’t have much of an appetite.” I have heard that lament countless times ... 7 and 8; Galatians 5). Nor is a spirit vs. flesh paradigm unique to Paul (such as Mark 14:38; John 3:6; 1 Peter 2:11). All of fallen humanity, it seems, needs to regain a good, healthy appetite. Not because we have lost our appetite, but rather ...
... memorial forever." The people of Israel must never be disconnected from God''s story and actions. The Old Testament lesson from Deuteronomy 26:1-11 is thought by the German Biblical scholar, G. Von Rad, to be one of the earliest known "creeds" of the people ... we have a great inheritance which is far more important then the READER''S DIGEST Sweepstakes. As a matter of fact, in I Peter 2:9-10, we are reminded that "we are a chosen race, a royal Priesthood, a Holy nation, God''s own people, that you may declare ...
... That's how the world says we should find Happiness. In Stuff. Scripture says we're the abnormal people, "aliens" as Peter puts it in 1 Peter 2:9-16 (NRSV). Listen: [9] But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts 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 ...
... devil, and Jesus replied, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him’” (Matthew 4:10). When life takes an unexpected turn and I suddenly find myself in the wilderness of temptation and trial, I also find strength and courage ... , from faithful companions who travel with us, and in our relationship of trust with the shepherd, the guardian of our souls (1 Peter 2:25). Then may we be led out of the wilderness and out of the valley to God’s grace and glory, ...
... a Pharisee of Hebrews, one of the greatest Jews who ever lived, the man by the name of the Apostle Paul said in Romans 10:1: “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.” One of the reasons why I love ... Son, that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.” 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” 1 Timothy 2:4 “God desires all men to be saved and to come to the ...
... announced the coming out party for Jesus, he said Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29). Here in Revelation this resurrected victorious Lamb of God is determined to be the only one worthy to open the scroll revealing ... So live such good lives among the pagans, that though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God (I Peter 2:9-10).” I don’t know about you, but I’m delighted to be part of the family of God. It’s a privilege to serve an ...
... the Lord who laid on him the iniquity of us all, and "it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain" (v. 10). So this death was not senseless. No, on the contrary, this death was quite purposeful. Isaiah is clear about the purpose. "Upon him was the ... : "He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross," declared Peter, "so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed" (1 Peter 2:24). Last year on Good Friday, our young daughter asked me, "If this ...