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1 Peter 2:9-10
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.                                                                      

1. KNOW WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WE ARE: (Vs. 9)

First: We become a chosen generation.
The Greek words actually mean a chosen or elect race.
Isa.43:20-21 20 "The beasts of the field will glorify Me; The jackals and the ostriches Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people.
21 "The people whom I formed for Myself, Will declare My praise.

He does this by causing us to be:

• Born again – John 3:3
• Renewed in our mind –Rom. 12:2
• A new creature – 2Cor. 5:17
• A new man – Eph. 4:24
• A new spirit – Rom. 7:6

Second: We become a royal priesthood.

“ROYAL” Priesthood, meaning we belong to the Sovereign Majesty of the Universe, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.

John 15:7
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you.

Third: We become a holy nation.
Holy (hagios) – separated set apart different.

2 Peter 3:10-12
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.
11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, on account of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

Forth: We become a peculiar people.

Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 0908



2. KNOW WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS: (Vs. 9)

To “show forth” means to –
speak forth, to publish abroad, to set forth.

The word “praises” according to Alan Stibbs in his commentary on 1 Peter means – virtues, excellencies, the supreme qualities of God.

He has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Mark 16:15
Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Acts 4:20
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

Psalm 66:16
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

3. KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU
(Vs. 10)
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.                                                                      


First: You once were not a people, but now have been made a people of God.

John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Romans 8:15
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Second fact covered is:

Lam.3:22-23 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.  They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.