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  1. #1 question is the reason we were chosen. We were chosen because God made the determining choice to bring us out of darkness, sin.
    #2 Gods church is composed of many Christian believers currently in different churches.
    #3 Our Salvation is dependent on Gods Grace, Ephesians 2:8.
    # 4 There are exceptions at times.

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  2. The people who know nothing about us are none the less sensing the contentment, assurance and peace we have. They do not know how to relate to it. But deep in side they yearn to have it also. Thought they protect themselves from it, not knowing how to relate to it, like the demoniacs, they wish they had it also. All they miss is the invitation. Oh! To see the importance of our responsibility.

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  3. Called into the royal priesthood through grace by our Royal Father Himself and the High Priest. It is therefore no longer about me/us but about God who has called us. It is not my/our owner but God\'s owner at stake . That is the more reasons, divine instructions should guide me/us in the priesthood. It is no longer I/us but Christ to be known, be seen and be heard in/from me/us. The hymn \"NOT I BUT CHRIST\" gives me a good summary.

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  4. The Lord is the light , there is no darkness in Him. Devil is a deceiver, destructor with sorrow and pains.
    I will tell someone there is a savior name Jesus Christ who loves him/her above all things from the world. .this Savior will transform their lives in a
    instant if you pouring your heart sincerely to him. You will be astonish how your life would change.

    Peter is encouraging us to make sure we are observing God's command diligently with wisdom and love. We are God's agent, we are representing Gods characters on earth. The Devil is extremely furious of this set up plan of God, we, as His children we are his agent in this planet.

    "Peter" we are indeed taste the grace of God,
    because we ride of malice, evil behavior, hypocrisy eny, and jealousies and so forth. The word of God nourishes us like a baby milk from the mother. also how to develop a strong Spiritual relationship with our saviour Jesus Christ.

    To those who know nothing about seven day adventist, I dialogue with them gradually with evidence about my saviour Jesus Christ. Specially I let them know how amazingly God is so good to me.

    Happy Sabbath everyone.
    God bless.

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  5. To be a royal priesthood is more than being christians only. We need to believe wholly in christ by following in His footsteps.

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  6. Is the royal priesthood, chosen generation, devout Christian..any better than the atheist, follower of any other religion, or world loving secular person or even criminals in jail/prison?

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    • Could they be called such by the Spirit-filled apostle if they weren't? If not sanctified by the word of truth by the indwelling Spirit, they would be called something else.

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    • That is a challenging question Jim and I am sure that many of us would in our own egocentric way answer yes. However if we stop to think about it, then maybe we need to expand our answer carefully.

      If we read the idea of a royal priesthood etc as "privileged" then I think we have misinterpreted it. Perhaps it is better to read it as "given responsibility". When we read the rest of 1 Peter 2 we find admonition on how best to serve, seeing we have been given that responsibility.

      The expression "any better than" could mean a number of things. I hesitate to say that we Christians are better than anyone else simply because it sounds pompous and arrogant. As someone once said, "The view from the high moral ground might be good, but it is an awfully slippery place to stand!" If we have better knowledge than anyone else then that knowledge also comes with responsibility.

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