CONSIDER THIS The names that Peter calls believers (1 Pet. 2:9–10) are important because they reveal our identity. We know who we are because we know whose we are: we belong to God. We have received His call, mercy, and claim on our lives. As a result, we can commit ourselves to others and work with them to achieve common goals. Peter draws on the Exodus account for his language here: “I … brought you [out of Egypt] to Myself … You shall be to Me a kingdom of priests” (Ex.