Scripture: 1 Peter 1:24-2:10 Worship online: youtube.com/c/fpclafayette “Let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” Peter’s letters were written to followers of Jesus who were both Jews and Greeks who were trying to figure out how to be faithful to God. They needed a way to escape the influence of the Empire and the trappings it brought, and so these letters focused on ways to follow and glorify God by living in response to the promise of forgiveness of sin and freedom from death. These early Christians were also trying to sort out what it meant to be God’s people, having included those who were not used to the rituals and customs that had set them apart as God’s people for generations. Most scholars also believe that these letters were written after the temple in Jerusalem had been destroyed. They were meeting in homes and synagogues, and there was simply no way to fulfill...
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