God has called us to be His own "unique", "special", "peculiar" people. We are to be different! So Christians need to "Dare to be Different" in this post-modern culture that disregards God.

1. Dare to be Different

2. 1Peter 2:9,10
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, His own
special people, that you may proclaim
the praises of Him who called you out of
darkness into His marvelous light;

3. 1Peter 2:9,10
10 who once were not a people but are
now the people of God, who had not
obtained mercy but now have obtained
mercy.

4. Dare to be Different

5. Dare to be Different
• To be God’s people

6. 1Peter 2:9,10
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, His own
special people, that you may proclaim
the praises of Him who called you out of
darkness into His marvelous light;

7. 1Peter 2:9,10
10 who once were not a people
but are now the people of God,
who had not obtained mercy but now
have obtained mercy.

8. Titus 2:14
…. (Jesus) who gave Himself for us, that
He might redeem us from every
lawless deed and purify for Himself
His own special people, zealous for
good works.

9. Dare to be Different
• To be God’s people

10. Dare to be Different
• To be God’s people
• To obtain mercy

11. 1Peter 2:10
…..who once were not a people but are
now the people of God, who had not
obtained mercy but now have
obtained mercy.

12. Hosea 2:23
Then I will sow her for Myself in the
earth, and I will have mercy on her
who had not obtained mercy; Then
I will say to those who were not
My people, ‘You are My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’”

13. Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, For they
shall obtain mercy.

14. Dare to be Different
• To be God’s people
• To obtain mercy

15. Dare to be Different
• To be God’s people
• To obtain mercy
• To be in the light

16. 1Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, His own special
people, that you may proclaim the praises
of Him who called you out of
darkness into His marvelous light.

17. Colossians 1:13,14
13 He has delivered us from the
power of darkness and conveyed us
into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 in whom we have redemption through
His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

18. 1John 1:5
This is the message which we have
heard from Him and declare to you,
that God is light and in Him is no
darkness at all.

19. 1John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is
in the light, we have fellowship with
one another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

20. Dare to be Different
• To be God’s people
• To obtain mercy
• To be in the light

21. Dare to be Different
• To be God’s people
• To obtain mercy
• To be in the light
• To show God’s excellence

22. 1Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, His own
special people, that you may
proclaim the praises of Him who
called you out of darkness into His
marvelous light;

23. Psalm 145:3
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be
praised; and His greatness is
unsearchable.

24. Psalm 145:5,6
5 I will meditate on the glorious
splendor of Your majesty, and on Your
wondrous works. 6 Men shall speak of
the might of Your awesome acts, and I
will declare Your greatness.

25. Dare to be Different
• To be God’s people
• To obtain mercy
• To be in the light
• To show God’s excellence