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Part 1: Our Identity in Christ (1 Peter 1:1-3, 1 Peter 2:9-11)
Pastor John Hwang, 10/07/2012Part of the A People for God's Own Posession series, preached at a Fall Retreat service
| Earlier: | Same day: | Later: |
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| « The Measure of Discipleship | None | Our Destiny » |
1 Peter 1:1–3 (Listen)
1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
(ESV)
1 Peter 2:9–11 (Listen)
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
(ESV)