1 Peter: a message of
and
in the midst of
.
“But you are a
race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God’s] own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous
.” – 1 Peter 2:9
“Once you were not a people, but now you are
people; once you had not received
, but now you have received mercy.” – 1 Peter 2:10
are 99.9% identical, yet each one a living, breathing, created miracle of God – the embodiment of
for the world.
A world without God is a world in
.
.
Nowhere does God speak more clearly than through the life and words of Jesus, who though He bore
responsibility for the sin and brokenness of the world, for the chasm that divided us from God, took
that responsibility upon His shoulders, took up His cross, and gave His life for this cause.
“
are the light of the world.” – Matthew 5:14
In Christ, “the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5).
