From the beginning the Church was intended to be an alternative society. The church was meant to be a culture within a culture and a community that would reveal that there is a different way to live life.

·         We as believers have a purpose which differs from all other communities: 

·         We must declare God’s praises.

·         We must live lives that are examples to unbelievers.

·         We must be a community based on love, truth and righteousness.

·         We must be a community which invites others to come in.

Read 1 Peter 2: 9 – 17 as introduction to this episode. Have a closer look at verse 9, But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.