The Sunday School Lesson A Holy People by David McGee
May 02, 2021
A Holy People (42:36)
Referenced Scriptures: 1 Peter 2:4-17; 1 Peter 3:1-13
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1 Peter 2:4-17
4) coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
5) You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6) Because it is contained in scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: He who believes in him will not be put to shame."
7) For you therefore who believe is the honor, but for such as are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected, Has become the chief cornerstone,"
8) and, "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, whereunto also they were appointed.
9) But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God‘s own possession, that you may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
10) who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11) Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
12) having good behavior among the nations, so in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13) Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord‘s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
14) or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evil-doers and for praise to those who do well.
15) For so is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16) as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
17) Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
1 Peter 3:1-13
1) In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don‘t obey the Word, they may be gained by the behavior of their wives without a word;
2) seeing your pure behavior in fear.
3) Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;
4) but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.
5) For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God, also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:
6) as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
7) You husbands, in like manner, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; not cutting off your prayers.
8) Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
9) not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
10) For, "He who would love life, And see good days, Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.
11) Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it.
12) For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And his ears open to their prayer; But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
13) Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?
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