God’s Chosen Ones

1 Peter 1:1-12

About Being Chosen

• God chose us, we did not choose Him

…but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

(Romans 5:8 ESV)

About Being Chosen

• God chose us, we did not choose Him• Choosing pictured as adoption

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as

sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. (Romans 8:15-17 ESV)

About Being Chosen

• God chose us, we did not choose Him• Choosing pictured as adoption• Were chosen in God’s foreknowledge

…even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

In love (Ephesians 1:4 ESV)

Chosen for a Purpose

• According to the foreknowledge of God• By the work of the Spirit• So that you may obey Jesus Christ

And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, (Hebrews 5:9 ESV)

Chosen for a Purpose

• According to the foreknowledge of God• By the work of the Spirit• So that you may obey Jesus Christ• With obedience comes sprinkling…

Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and

said, “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.” And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose

early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of

Israel. And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen

to the LORD. And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. Then

he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken

we will do, and we will be obedient.” And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood

of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.” (Exodus 24:3-8 ESV)

The Condition of the Chosen?

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable,

undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, (1 Peter 1:3-4 ESV)

Given a new birth, 2nd chance, a do-over

The Condition of the Chosen?

…who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the

last time. (1 Peter 1:5 ESV)

Guarded through faith for salvation

The Condition of the Chosen?

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes

though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the

revelation of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:6-7 ESV)

Could rejoice because trials made their faith more valuable

The Condition of the Chosen?

Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in

him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your

faith, the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:8-9 ESV)

Could rejoice even without seeing Him because of faith

The Condition of the Chosen?Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied

about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit

of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was

revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you

by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. (1 Peter 1:10-12 ESV)

Possessed what prophets and angels longed to know

Truths for the Chosen Today?

• God HAS given us a do-over

• There is a great emphasis on inheritance

• Our inheritance is guarded

• We will be tested by fire

• God’s plan was devised, revealed, bought with blood – Inquired into by prophets and angels– Is fulfilled today in His chosen, in YOU