2009-07-16T16:47:04-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/holy+nation/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1Pet.2.9&version=NIV 2009-07-16T16:47:04-05:00 We are all a part of the chosen generation of people that God has called out of the darkness into the light of God. In 1 Peter, the author declares the chosen generation as a "Royal priesthood, a holy nation." But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.