PETER, 1st, 2:10, C. H. Cayce Brother W. M. McGee, of Chunky, Miss., asks our views on 1Pet. 2:10, and asks, “Were they not always His (God’s) people?” The text reads, “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.” No, they were not always God’s people in the sense of this text. They were His by choice before time began, but the apostle was not talking about God’s choice in this text. He was talking about them being made His by regeneration according to His choice. They were a chosen generation, and are now made the people of God according to that choice. God had made choice of them, to bestow His mercy upon them. He has now bestowed that mercy according to that choice. In this respect they are now His, but were not His in that sense before regeneration. The Primitive Baptist, February 18, 1913.