Pilot Knob Lutheran Church You are Holy 8/13/2025
1 Peter 2:9 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.
The context of 1 Peter 2:9, is a comparison of those who have rejected Jesus as Messiah and savior and those who have not. Unbelievers have consciously rejected God’s son as the only way for forgiveness, peace, hope, and salvation.
In contrast, believers are like stones in a building each one working together to build the Kingdom of God, i.e., to bring the lost into a saving relationship with Christ. However, like any building it must have a solid foundation; a foundation of truth and not wishful thinking.
Also when Peter wrote these words it was a time of radical change in one’s relation to God. Prior to our Lord’s resurrection people could not go directly to God in prayer. They went through the priest who then brought their requests to God. The priest was the intermediary between God and man. However, since the first Easter everyone can come to God directly as Jesus has become our intercessor, our go-between. As Peter says; we are a holy priesthood, so we can pray directly to the Father on behalf of others.
Notice what we are as believers: chosen by God to be His child, priests in that we can pray for others (intercessory prayer), part of a holy nation and bought by the blood of Jesus to be His child. With all of that don’t look at yourself as worthless or insignificant.
Pr. Bob Snitzer
By the Way:
Sunday 17, 9:00 Morning Worship.
Mark your calendar: September 7, 10:00 worship and Chili Cook-Off. Invite friends and family.
September 14, 10:00 150th anniversary celebration. Invite friends and family.
Be sure to sign up for the catered meal.
GriefShare will begin September 28, 2:00-3:30. Feel free to handout a flyer and recommend it to someone in need.
If you have an article or God sighting you would like to share with the congregation please submit it for publication in the Briefings.pastorbob@pilotknob.org
Past communiques and sermons can be read and heard on our website: www.pilotknob.org and
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PilotKnobLutheran
Our service also airs on: KGLO 1300 AM at 10:00 AM, and KIOW 107.3 FM at 7:00 AM. Spread the word.
