(Sixth part)
Memory verse (1Peter 2: 9): “ But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light ”
The Bible is the word of God and it’s the creator’s manual (2Tim3: 16). We are what it says we are. The Holy Scripture is the mind of God about everything God created, living or none living. Here, Apostle Peter began to say powerful things that define who a believer is: we are a chosen generation. Being born again, is a divine choice (Ephe2: 8). We are chosen by God to inherit eternal life. You have been asking all kinds of wrong people to tell you who you are. Here you are now. God’s word says you are his chosen child. We do nothing to be chosen by God. (Rom9: 16-18). The scripture tells us that God chooses whom he chooses; he has mercy on whom he has mercy. It’s not he that runs. Jesus summed it this way: you did not choose me but I chose you (Jn 15:16). The text goes on to say: you are a royal priesthood. God has chosen you and transferred you into his kingdom and given you a purpose to live for. You are a priest in His kingdom. Your purpose is to minister to God through worship and to minister to the world through the love of God. He goes on to say incredible things about you: you are God’s own special people.
My friends, these things are too good for some believers to be true, but this is the truth anyway. There is no other truth. And we don’t walk by what we know, we don’t walk by what we feel, We don’t walk by what people say about us, not by what we see, but the just shall live by faith. When God said to Abram, “ never call yourself Abram again, your name is Abraham ”, Abraham believed God’s word; he was the first one to call himself Abraham. Nobody could know that he had become Abraham until he said it. What God’s word says about you is who you are. Believe it and be the first to tell yourself who you are now. Now, it’s your turn to begin telling the world who you are. Wake up everyday and tell yourself and the world things like this: am blessed am not cursed, the Lord is my shepherd I shall not lack, am the righteousness of God In Christ, by his stripes am healed, am a child of God, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, am more than a conqueror, am a joint heir with Jesus CHRIST etc. What you call yourself is what the world will call you, so tell them who you are.
Enjoy your weekend in Christ.
