the identity of God

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the identity of Gods people
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The Church is . . .
the identity of Gods people
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The Church is . . .
I. A group of people living and functioning in a
world and culture that is NOT our home.
the identity of Gods people
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The Church is . . .
I. a group of people living and functioning in a
world and culture that is NOT our home.
1 Peter 11 (ESV)  Peter, an apostle of Jesus
Christ, to those who are elect exiles of the
dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia,
and Bithynia
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Here in Peter we find a natural transfer of one
of the titles of Israel to the ChurchThe Church
consists of communities of people living outside
their native land, which is not Jerusalem or
Palestine, but the heavenly cityTheir life on
earth is temporarythey are pilgrims, foreigners,
those who belong to heaven. Peter Davids
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the identity of Gods people
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The Church is . . .
I. a group of people living and functioning in a
world and culture that is NOT our home.
1 Peter 11 (ESV)  Peter, an apostle of Jesus
Christ, to those who are elect exiles of the
dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia,
and Bithynia
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The Church is . . .
II. a group of people chosen by God and under
His care and sovereignty.
the identity of Gods people
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The Church is . . .
II. a group of people chosen by God and under
His care and sovereignty.
1 Peter 112 (ESV)  To those who are elect
exiles of the dispersion2 according to the
foreknowledge of God the Father
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This implies that their status as sojourners,
their privileges as Gods chosen people, even
their hostile environment in Pontus, Galatia,
etc., were all known by God before the world
began, all came about in accordance with His
foreknowledge, and thus (we may conclude) all
were in accordance with His fatherly love for His
own people. Wayne Grudem
Wayne Grudem
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the identity of Gods people
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The Church is . . .
II. a group of people chosen by God and under
His care and sovereignty.
1 Peter 112 (ESV)  To those who are elect
exiles of the dispersion2 according to the
foreknowledge of God the Father
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The Church is . . .
III. a group of people forever forgiven by
following Jesus Christ.
the identity of Gods people
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The Church is . . .
III. a group of people forever forgiven by
following Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 12 (ESV) according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, in the sanctification of the
Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for
sprinkling with His blood May grace and peace be
multiplied to you.
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Leviticus 1467 (ESV) He shall take the live
bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and
the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the
blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh
water. 7 And he shall sprinkle it seven times on
him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease.
Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let
the living bird go into the open field.
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The Church is . . .
III. a group of people forever forgiven by
following Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 12 (ESV) according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, in the sanctification of the
Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for
sprinkling with His blood May grace and peace be
multiplied to you.
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The Church is . . .
IV. a group of people filled with the Holy
Spirit and ready for action.
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The Church is . . .
IV. a group of people filled with the Holy
Spirit and ready for action.
1 Peter 12 (ESV) according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, in the sanctification of the
Spirit
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the identity of Gods people