Becoming A People Of Celebration. I Peter 2:9-12

Becoming a people of Celebration

I Peter 2:9-12

November 11, 2018

 

• Worship is God's remedy for spiritual a___________. Every worship service announces and celebrates what God has done for us in Christ Jesus.  The memory of Grace makes us more alive in Christ.

 

In Christ we share a unique identity... 

• Peter here reminds us that we are a C_____________... ....
• He saw n_______________ in us and chose us because of that!!!

 

Then, we are R________________!!!

• Our text tells us that Christians, that is us, are Royalty!  That is who you are if you are a child of God.... Royalty!!!  And it doesn't matter how royal you  look either.... You are a "royal priesthood."

 

• What does a Priest do??? 

 

• A priest is someone who goes directly to God and says, "It's me God".... He has permission to enter into the very p____________ of God.... 
• But that is not all that a priest did.... A priest takes other p____________ into the presence of God.  
• And here is a good point to insert the fact that we are not talking about the ordained, professional, paid, clergy here..... NO!!! All b______________ are priests.

 

• Now another of the words that Peter uses here to describe the believer is the word "H_________“
  • .... "Holy" means, simply, "s____ a_______"...
• . It is good to be Holy, but sometimes being holy feels more like being peculiar... different.  Sometimes it will not feel good, but we are set apart.  We are different ... We will always be different!!!!

We are citizens of a holy nation that does not have any g__________________ boundaries. 

 

• "Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful d__________, which war on your soul." (vs 11) 

 

• we are "a People b_________________ to God".... He created us.... we are His..... And the starting place for worship is to recognize that God created us and we belong to Him.

 

What is OUR purpose??  Why are we who we are???

verse 9. "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".

 

We exist to d___________ his praises.        

 

• In Christ we have a new f___________....  
• "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.“ vs 10