070. Our Living Hope | Studies in 1 Peter Part 13: A Prayer to Pilgrims

1 Peter 2:9-12

 

We are chosen (not ordained to be saved, but entrusted with the highest of callings) to demonstrate the very brightness and nature of God. We are called to be kings and priests unto God. And as such, we must abstain from our sinful tendencies. Prone to wander, the composer wrote. This passage shows us that we are to see the holiness of God, show forth the holiness of God, and then have a holy hatred for sin. Only by seeing the purity of God and showing the ἀρετὴ or brightness of Him can we truly lead a life that is holy and victorious over sin.