To start the year, we are studying Peter’s first letter by beginning with I Peter 1:1-2. In each section, we will see how he describes the people of God. In his greeting, Peter calls Christians “elect exiles,” which is a curious expression that mixes something positive (elect, chosen, selected) with something negative (exiles, driven out, rejected). As it turns out, God’s election makes his people exiles in this world, and Peter reminds us that it is our call to live our lives as those who are in the world but not of the world.
We concluded our series with I Peter 5:1-14, in which Peter described the three ways in which God cares for his people: through the...
The construction of the tabernacle foreshadowed greater dwellings of God, which he keeps building by plundering the nations.
"Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life."