Sermons About Holy-nation
Carried on Eagles' Wings
God told Moses that he would make the Hebrew people “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” Hundreds of years later Pastor Peter told the church: “You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God” (1 Peter 2:9).
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Sunday Sermon for Week 22-09
The theme of the message is building community. The illustrations are two stories of community, one of failure and one of success. Peter, writing to the Roman provinces in Asia Minor, points to their being not only a chosen people and a royal priesthood, but also a holy nation. Building community begins with prayer, but it requires more than that, it requires action. In Joshua 6, God give a promise of victory and then a specific set of instructions on how to achieve the victory. God’s people then take action based on those instructions. Colossians 3 lists the traits that we must have to be the community God wants us to become. In Romans 8:37, Paul says that we are more than conquerors, after conquering; we are to go and live there, and make a community of God. We need to fight for the community that we are trying to develop. We need to bring people in from “beyond the pale”.
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Sermon A for Week 9-09
The church is a community chosen by God. Our spiritual sacrifices are about making God known to the world. We are the people of God, and we have received His mercy.
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