A Peculiar People

1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;”

ἐξαγγέλλω - to proclaim

Continuing on with Lewis Sperry Chafer’s list of 33 Things

XVII. A Gift from God to Christ

1. “I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me”

Our Security is based on the fact we are a gift given by the Father to Christ.

We are kept by the Father’s faithfulness to Christ

No one is more powerful than our Father.

Given: As sheep to be kept

As patients to be healed

As children to be educated

John 17:6 ““I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.”

John 17:11 “Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.”

John 17:12 “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.”

John 17:20 ““I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;”

John 10:29 “My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.”

XVIII. Circumcised in Christ

1. “In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ”

Put off - the cross separates flesh from spirit. We are co-crucified. We focus so much on daily sin, disarmed strip off clothes - OSN by co-crucifixion ἀπέκδυσις see v 15

Disarmed - ἀπεκδύομαι strip off clothes of enemy, make him submissive, conquered

Colossians 2:11 “In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,”

Colossians 2:15 “Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.”

Philippians 3:3 “For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,”

Romans 2:29 “but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.”

XIX. Partakers of the Holy and Royal Priesthood:

1. “Holy priesthood,” “Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood”

Jesus is the chosen stone :4 - chosen for a mission - Luke 19:10 “for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.””

We are temple 1 Corinthians 3:16 “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”

Ephesians 2:21 “in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,”

1 Peter 2:5 “you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

2. “Royal priesthood,” “But ye are *** a royal priesthood”

1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;”

Revelation 1:6 “and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

XX. A Chosen Generation and a Peculiar People: - for a purpose

1. “But ye are a chosen generation, *** a peculiar people” περιποίησις

1 Peter 2:5–8 “you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,” and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.”

1 Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;”

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. (ἐξαγγέλλω)

ἐξαγγέλλω - to show forth, proclaim, report

Isaiah 43:21 “This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise.”

Titus 2:14 “who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.”

Daniel 12:3 “Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.”