To be one of the Lord's peculiar people is simply to be a child of God.

Christ cured a blind man in John 9, and Peter may have been thinking of him in I Peter 2-9

The character of a soul-winner is important. He should be saved, have assurance of salvation and have a consistent Christian life.

Peter describes 4 great blessings in being a Christian, each improved with a wonderful adjective, giving us an exquisite psalm.

There are parallels between spiritul things and physical things- between physical life and spiritual life. But those parallels eventually come to an end.

Christ Jesus is precious to the Father, precious to Peter and precious to the believer. But He will crush the disobedient unbeliever.

Some say one can't believe in the sovereignty of God and still be a soul winner. That is not true. While an antinomy exists both the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man can and do co-exist.

Our worship, our service, our thanksgiving and even we ourselves, are acceptable to God the Father, only through Jesus Christ

We will never be anything when disconnected from the Lord. As babes we need to be feeding on His word. As lively stones, we must be mortored to the living stone. As priests we need to be under our great High Priest

Sin must be judged. The Bible often calls it God's vengeance. Don't be angry with God for carrying out His justice and judgment.