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\u2026My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am. And now I\u2019m going to tell you who you are,\xa0really are. You are Peter, a rock. Matthew 16:17-18\xa0(MSG)

This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.Matthew 16:17-18\xa0(MSG)

But you are a chosen people,\xa0a royal priesthood,\xa0a holy nation,\xa0God\u2019s special possession\u2026 1 Peter 2:9-12(NIV)

A Chosen People

A Royal Priesthood

A Holy Nation

A Special Possession

\u2026that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.1 Peter 2:9-12(NIV)

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;\xa0once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.1 Peter 2:9-12(NIV)

Dear friends,\xa0I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,\xa0to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.1 Peter 2:9-12(NIV)

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds\xa0and glorify God\xa0on the day he visits us.1 Peter 2:9-12(NIV)

They devoted themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching\xa0and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread\xa0and to prayer.\xa0Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. Acts 2:42-47 (NIV)

All the believers were together and had everything in common.\xa0They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Acts 2:42-47 (NIV)

Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.\xa0They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.\xa0And the Lord added to their number\xa0daily those who were being saved.Acts 2:42-47 (NIV)