1 Peter 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation,-
There is the contrast between the disobedient and all true believers. "Ye" have the chosen Saviour to be the chief corner-stone, upon whom "ye" who are living stones are to be built up into "a spiritual house," which is to be the abiding place of the Most High God.
1 Peter 2:9. A royal priesthood,-
"Ye" are to be like Melchisedec, in whom the two offices of priest and king were combined in one person. More than that, "ye" are to be like your Lord, in respect to his royal priesthood. That he should have "loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and made us kings and priests unto God and his Father," seems to be an honour which is far too high for us. It appears to bring us almost too near our Lord, yet it is not So, for Peter wrote, under divine inspiration, "Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood," -
1 Peter 2:9. An holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
God’s grace has been bestowed upon you in order that you may show forth his praises, or, as the marginal reading puts it, his "virtues." Note what the Lord has done for you he has called you "out of darkness" into light, into his light, "into this marvelous light." There are three thoughts there that are beautifully blended into one. What marvelous light that is into which God calls us! Try to measure it by the darkness in which you were; try to measure it by the deeper darkness into which you were going; try to measure it by the eternal darkness which would have fallen upon you if you had died in the dark. God has graciously brought you into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9. But ye are a chosen generation,-
There is the contrast between the disobedient and all true believers. "Ye" have the chosen Saviour to be the chief corner-stone, upon whom "ye" who are living stones are to be built up into "a spiritual house," which is to be the abiding place of the Most High God.
1 Peter 2:9. A royal priesthood,-
"Ye" are to be like Melchisedec, in whom the two offices of priest and king were combined in one person. More than that, "ye" are to be like your Lord, in respect to his royal priesthood. That he should have "loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and made us kings and priests unto God and his Father," seems to be an honour which is far too high for us. It appears to bring us almost too near our Lord, yet it is not So, for Peter wrote, under divine inspiration, "Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood," -
1 Peter 2:9. An holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
God’s grace has been bestowed upon you in order that you may show forth his praises, or, as the marginal reading puts it, his "virtues." Note what the Lord has done for you he has called you "out of darkness" into light, into his light, "into this marvelous light." There are three thoughts there that are beautifully blended into one. What marvelous light that is into which God calls us! Try to measure it by the darkness in which you were; try to measure it by the deeper darkness into which you were going; try to measure it by the eternal darkness which would have fallen upon you if you had died in the dark. God has graciously brought you into his marvelous light.