1 Peter 2:10

Once you were Not a People (at all), but now you are God’s people; once you had Not Received Mercy, but now you have received Mercy.

As born-again believers, we now have transformed lives. We are no longer in the shadow of our past mistakes but have been made new. We have become God’s people, called to follow Him and finish our lives in faith. God showed us mercy and transformed the lost and broken into His chosen people.