Thanks for your comment. It’s encouraging to hear comments that indicate a desire to dig deeper into scripture.

I agree that verse 11 and 12 help explain the practical outworkings of proclaiming the excellencies of God. Unfortunately I did not bring out those verses as much as I could’ve. We’ll actually be going through this passage again here in a couple months, and Michael Ly will be preaching this. I’m sure we’ll discuss in our preaching cadre on how to bring this out.

Blessings,
Caleb

As I went back over your notes, I did wonder why you did not addres the final 2 verses of your passage (vs. 11-12), in the sermon or your handout notes (that did list them). These seemed a glimpse of the practical outworking of functioning as that preisthood of vs. 9-10.

1st Peter 2: 11-12.
11Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.
12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
NASU

It would be good to hear more on these verses too.

Thanks,
Tambra