God has taken a bunch of individuals and made them into a people, a spiritual house, a priesthood, in order to display His wonder.

1. 1 Peter 2:1-3
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all
deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every
kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual
milk, so that by it you may grow up in your
salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord
is good.
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2. 1 Peter 2:4-5
As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected
by men but chosen by God and precious to
him—you also, like living stones, are being built
into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood,
offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ.
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3. 1 Peter 2:6-7c
For in Scripture it says: ‘See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one
who trusts in him will never be put to shame.’
Now to you who believe, this stone is precious.
But to those who do not believe,
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4. 1 Peter 2:7d-8
‘The stone the builders rejected has become the
capstone,’ and, ‘A stone that causes men to
stumble and a rock that makes them fall.’ They
stumble because they disobey the message—
which is also what they were destined for.
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5. 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.
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.
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6. 1 Peter 2:11-12
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers
in the world, to abstain from sinful desires,
which war against your soul. Live such good lives
among the pagans that, though they accuse you
of doing wrong, they may see your deeds and
glorify God on the day he visits us.
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7. We are the people of God by God’s
CHOOSING
God chose the MEANS of bringing us
together.
God also chose YOU.
God chose you for no other REASON than His
love and grace.

8. We are a people of God’s
MAKING
We are living because God has given us NEW
life through the resurrection of Jesus.
God is making us into a ‘spiritual house’ to be
a holy PRIESTHOOD.

9. We are God’s ADVERTISEMENT
Title heaped upon title to say you
are SPECIAL, but it isn’t about you.
Peter is not talking to the spiritual ELITE, but to
everyday, ordinary in every way, Christians.
God has chosen you and made you that you may
DECLARE His praise.
Don’t get too ATTACHED to the world, but also
don’t get too DETACHED.

10. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Be more intentional about making time and taking
steps to grow in my salvation
( ) Identify who I can be a priest to this week
( ) Evaluate if I am living for “individual stats” or
God’s glory.
( ) Reflect on what kind of advertisement my life is
for God.
( ) Other________________________