“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the
excellences of Him who has call you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (I
Peter 2:9).
Hey Gang: In my travels through the Word of God I have found that no verse stands alone. I have great concern when a pastor or teacher takes a verse out of context and does not surround it with the hidden ‘pearls of great price’ that support that verse. One of my very favorite verses is Peter’s words found in I Peter 2:9. Is it not neat to know as King’s kids we are chosen and claim the excellences of Him who is our refuge and strength?
As I study Peter’s life and words, I sense a kinship with him for I, too, have been known to step out of the boat and be a wee bit brash in some of my actions and words. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I, too, have been reprimanded when my brashness has become too bold.
Hey Gang: In my travels through the Word of God I have found that no verse stands alone. I have great concern when a pastor or teacher takes a verse out of context and does not surround it with the hidden ‘pearls of great price’ that support that verse. One of my very favorite verses is Peter’s words found in I Peter 2:9. Is it not neat to know as King’s kids we are chosen and claim the excellences of Him who is our refuge and strength?
As I study Peter’s life and words, I sense a kinship with him for I, too, have been known to step out of the boat and be a wee bit brash in some of my actions and words. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I, too, have been reprimanded when my brashness has become too bold.
But I also believe Abba Father likes a wee-bit of brashness, a
boldness in his children to step out in faith rather than wait for a God-O-Gram
to arrive. It is much easier to steer a
moving vehicle than one that is at rest.
When my grandkids were in their younger years it was my privilege to baptize them. On the day we were to complete this blessed event, one of the grandmas, being raised in the Catholic persuasion, had a concern that I was not a priest, in the Catholic sense of the world. When I read Peter’s words to her that as believers we are “royal priest” she was satisfied that I was, indeed, qualified to baptize her grand-children.
Does it not make you feel all warm inside when you realize that as a child of God you are a “royal priest”? One commentary suggested that as people became believers they "at once bore the dignity of kings, and the sanctity of priests". Jesus, through John in Revelation wrote, “And He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father – to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever, Amen” (Rev. 1:6).
In the King James Version the word ‘peculiar’ used to describe God’s children. Most folks would get their dander up if referred to as peculiar, but a little research soon shows us its meaning is much deeper than we find used today. The Greek word means “A people for a possession that is pertaining to God”. They are people who are secured as a possession, or His own; a people that belong to Him and no other.
When my grandkids were in their younger years it was my privilege to baptize them. On the day we were to complete this blessed event, one of the grandmas, being raised in the Catholic persuasion, had a concern that I was not a priest, in the Catholic sense of the world. When I read Peter’s words to her that as believers we are “royal priest” she was satisfied that I was, indeed, qualified to baptize her grand-children.
Does it not make you feel all warm inside when you realize that as a child of God you are a “royal priest”? One commentary suggested that as people became believers they "at once bore the dignity of kings, and the sanctity of priests". Jesus, through John in Revelation wrote, “And He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father – to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever, Amen” (Rev. 1:6).
In the King James Version the word ‘peculiar’ used to describe God’s children. Most folks would get their dander up if referred to as peculiar, but a little research soon shows us its meaning is much deeper than we find used today. The Greek word means “A people for a possession that is pertaining to God”. They are people who are secured as a possession, or His own; a people that belong to Him and no other.
Sooo, gang, have you praised Him this morning for calling you “out
of the darkness into His marvelous light?” We live in a
time when the dark clouds are gathering and all that can be shaken is being shaken,
but it is not fan-tab-u-lus to know you are a royal priest, and a member of a holy nation, and a person for God’s own
possession and “you have been called
out of darkness into His glorious light”? “Rejoice ye in
it!”
Blessings,
Gramps
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