Living God’s Way: Sojourners who obey Jesus Christ

Carlton McPeak Guest Columnist In the first century, Christians suffered much because of their decisions to be obedient to Jesus Christ. Peter addressed a group of people he called sojourners, or aliens, who lived in a portion of Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. Because of the work of God, the Holy Spirit and Jesus, along with these people’s own obedience, they had become a part of God’s chosen people (1 Peter 1:1, 2). In his apostolic letter, Peter did not address his readers as Christians. He described them as “those who were aliens, scattered throughout” several districts of the Roman Empire. Probably, Peter was making the point that these people should not