1 Peter 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation,-
Hear this, ye believers, drink in this precious truth. See God’s election, making you to be a people born of the Holy Ghost: "a chosen generation,"-
1 Peter 2:9. A royal priesthood,-
This is a wonderful combination, kings and priests at the same time; all honours meet on you through divine grace: "a royal priesthood,"-
1 Peter 2:9. An holy nation, a peculiar people;-
You have national privileges. God reckons you not as a mob or a herd of men, but as a nation, and a nation with this peculiar hall-mark upon you, that you are "a holy nation." This is the true token of your nationality that you are "holiness unto the Lord," "a peculiar people" belonging to God alone, marked off from the rest of mankind as peculiarly his. You are not, and you are not to be as other men are, you are "a peculiar people." Your road is not the broad one where the many go, it is the narrow one which the few find, your happiness is not worldly pleasure, but pleasures at the right hand of God which are for evermore, You are "a peculiar people";-
1 Peter 2:9. That ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:-
You are to be advertisers of the praises or virtues of Christ, not only to know them, and to be glad to know them, but to make them known to others. Beloved, how far are you doing this? I put the question personally to each one of you, for you were chosen by God on purpose that you "should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light":-
1 Peter 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation,-
Hear this, ye believers, drink in this precious truth. See God’s election, making you to be a people born of the Holy Ghost: "a chosen generation,"-
1 Peter 2:9. A royal priesthood,-
This is a wonderful combination, kings and priests at the same time; all honours meet on you through divine grace: "a royal priesthood,"-
1 Peter 2:9. An holy nation, a peculiar people;-
You have national privileges. God reckons you not as a mob or a herd of men, but as a nation, and a nation with this peculiar hall-mark upon you, that you are "a holy nation." This is the true token of your nationality that you are "holiness unto the Lord," "a peculiar people" belonging to God alone, marked off from the rest of mankind as peculiarly his. You are not, and you are not to be as other men are, you are "a peculiar people." Your road is not the broad one where the many go, it is the narrow one which the few find, your happiness is not worldly pleasure, but pleasures at the right hand of God which are for evermore, You are "a peculiar people";-
1 Peter 2:9. That ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:-
You are to be advertisers of the praises or virtues of Christ, not only to know them, and to be glad to know them, but to make them known to others. Beloved, how far are you doing this? I put the question personally to each one of you, for you were chosen by God on purpose that you "should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light":-