166. Year A - 5th Sunday of Easter - 1 Peter 2:2-10 - "You Are God's Chosen Race"

About this episode

This episode discusses the significance of being God's chosen people as described in 1 Peter 2:2-10 during the fifth Sunday of Easter.

Scripture Reading 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone,and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” 8 and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for. 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have…

People in this episode

Host: Kruptos

Topics covered

• Easter
• spiritual growth
• Christian identity
• scripture meditation
• priesthood
• God's chosen people

Keywords

• Easter
• 1 Peter
• spiritual milk
• chosen race
• holy priesthood
• God's mercy
• scripture reading

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1 Peter 2:2-10

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