A different kind of community (1 Peter 2:4-12)

So you’re at a party. You’re mingling with a cold drink in hand and you stumble into an already-happening conversation. They ask you to tell them a little about yourself. They want to know you. What information will you give them? Often the few things that top the list are name, occupation, and marital status. In our culture so often these are the things that define us. We all base our identity on something, someone, some job, or some bank balance.

As someone who follows Jesus, what do you base your identity on? And if you aren’t a Christian, what do you base your identity on? Who are you?

Peter is on a mission to help us form a healthy identity as the people of God in community. This week he will place a vision ahead of us that says: “once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” (1 Peter 2:10b) You don’t want to miss out as we continue to dig through the book of 1 Peter as he helps us to be different from the world, for the good of the world, to the glory of God.

So, who are you?