On Mission Together

We are only going to look at verses 1 and 2 today by way of introduction to the letter, but I want you to notice in these two introductory verses that Peter already is setting forth two themes that will be architectonic; they’ll be shaping and foundational for everything else he will say in his letter. First in verse 1, he talks about the Christian in relation to the world. The Christian in relation to the world. How does the world see us and how are we to be oriented toward the world around us? And then in verse 2, he begins to talk to us about the resources of grace available to us as we live in that way for God’s glory in a hostile world. He talks about the Christian in relation to God. So verse 1, the Christian in relation to the world. Verse 2, the Christian in relation to God. 

We are only going to look at verses 1 and 2 today by way of introduction to the letter, but I want you to notice in these two introductory verses that Peter already is setting forth two themes that will be architectonic; they’ll be shaping and foundational for everything else he will say in his letter. First in verse 1, he talks about the Christian in relation to the world. The Christian in relation to the world. How does the world see us and how are we to be oriented toward the world around us? And then in verse 2, he begins to talk to us about the resources of grace available to us as we live in that way for God’s glory in a hostile world. He talks about the Christian in relation to God. So verse 1, the Christian in relation to the world. Verse 2, the Christian in relation to God.