The analogy that Peter gives these early Christians is that of exile: just as the ancient Jews had to live as the people of God while in exile in Babylon, so also these elect exiles must live as the people of God scattered among the towns and cities of the Roman Empire. Does this same term apply to us? If it does, how should we then live because we are not just exiles, we are pilgrims on the way to a future already ordained for us by God? And though we may be exiles now, the world through which we are passing is also, as with Abraham, our inheritance! Join us this Sunday as we begin working our way through 1st and 2nd Peter, letters to exiles.
This spring, we begin a new sermon series through the letters of the Apostle Peter. 1st and 2nd Peter were written to Christians who were navigating their new identity as people of God while still living and working in the world.
