…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. In 1991, Steve Green released an album titled We Believe. One of the songs he recorded was Let The Walls Come Down. The album’s focus was to encourage unity among those we often refer to as having “like precious faith.” I love Steve Green, but in this episode of Set Free, I am addressing some wa

…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. What should a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own possession look like? Well, let’s just say that a lifetime is needed to cover all THAT subject. In his letter to the scattered saints, Peter mentions a few items. I assume that, because he mentions them, they were somehow

…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. More and more, I am reminded of the importance of the Word of God in my life. There are so many “voices” out there, voices that try to tell me who I am, what I should do or not do, where I belong and where I don’t belong, what I can say and what I should refrain from saying, and what I should be

…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. In the translation I am using for this series, the next section in 1 Peter we are looking at is titled A Call to Holiness. This section is particularly intriguing to me because of recent studies I have been doing into the lives of medieval religious women. Most of these women have been excised f

…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Peter wrote to the believers in the early church, now scattered throughout the Roman Empire, from the perspective of one who had walked beside the Son of God. He was an eyewitness to the very hope in Jesus that he now proclaims to them. As they listened to the apostle’s letter being read and exp

…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. In our first episode, we briefly examined 1 Peter 1:1-2 and learned that Peter, a sent one or apostle, a disciple of Jesus, wrote this letter to believers who had been forced to flee persecution for their faith and were now scattered throughout the biblical world of their day. Peter had spent ti

…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 1 Peter 2:9 seemed like the perfect theme verse for these meditations on the freedom we, as redeemed women, have in Christ. We are indeed fully part of those called out of the darkness to join in the wonderful work of restoring the Kingdom of God. Then I realized that one verse does not make an