Who, Who are You?

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
1 Peter 2:9-12 (KJV)
Exactly who are you as a Christian? Are you Just another person on the street. The same as any other person that we might meet. Do we fit in with the world? Do we act like the world doing and saying the same things as the world? Sure it might be easy for us to put away those things that all good church folks know are sins. No drinking, no smoking, no adultery. You go to church on Sunday, Wednesday, make all of the board meetings, visit the sick and shut-ins and yet you might listen to that joke that we really shouldn't, join in the gossip at work,the coffee shop or maybe the beauty shop. Maybe it is a racial slur that you still feel comfortable with. Do these kind of things still live in you? These are not just minor sins they are sins.

The above verses in 1 Peter should remind us who we are, we are the chosen ones, the ones that now belong to God through Jesus, the Christ. We are a nation unto itself, no longer a citizen of the world but a citizen of heaven. We are called sojourners, aliens, visitors, we are just traveling through. We should be in the world yet not really fit in, not part of the world. The thing I think of in context of the above is the movie E.T. He was definitely an alien. When someone saw him they knew he was not from this world and all the time he was working to get to the world he belonged in. That is kind of how we should be, recognized as someone that might not fit into the scheme of things in this world and looking to that day we will be with Jesus face to face.

He has taken us out of the darkness, which is the world or sin and brought us into the light. In the light we can be seen and believe me if we call ourselves Christian there are people who are going to be watching us, some waiting for us to fall and some looking to our example. We have that choice of showing people the world or Christ in us the hope of the world.