We ended right here by drawing attention in 1st Peter 1st

1st Peter 1 to 2 that this this phrase elect This phrase, elect exiles here, is modified by three prepositional phrases according

to the fore knowledge of God and in the sanctification of the spirit and for obedience to Jesus Christ and for spring. for sprinkling with his blood.

So that's where we are.

We're at number three.

What does it mean that we are exiles and elect according to foreknowledge,

so its cause goes way back in eternity. We are exiles elect by means of the sanctifying work of the

spirit. You don't just choose to make yourself an exile. The Holy Spirit conforms you, makes you a saint, sanctification, and a saint is a holy one set apart for God and therefore the culture around is not his home, rather heaven is his home, Christ is his home,

the way of Jesus, the Calvary Road is his home, and now four, so cause means goal.

We talked about that kind of thinking,

not the only kind of thinking in the world

or in the Bible, but a biblical kind of thinking,

build it into your brain. If you don't think that way, add that. And so here we are at the goal. I personally

thrive on finding causes of things, means of things, goals of things. That's the way I live. I just ooze, I need a cause, what made

me do that? What is the point of the earthquake? I got to have an answer what's this about how did it happen what where's it going

what's the redemptive historical line drawn out in the Paul and these images falling flat on their faces. What is

going on here? So I think this way, I commend it to you to think this way along with other ways of thinking.

So here we are for obedience to Jesus Christ.

The reason you are in elect exile talking to believers, is four unto obedience to Jesus.

That's pretty clear.

It's the next phrase that's less clear. You were chosen by God to obey Jesus and thus be out of step

with the culture and in step with the heavenly kingdom where your name is written and your citizenship

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