July 9, 2019 (Tuesday)
Do you know who you are? If you are a believer in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, this is Peter’s description of you:
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. (1 Peter 2:9-12)
Peter declares that the church is a people belonging to God. This was something said in the Old Testament about Israel: “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession” (Deuteronomy 7:6).
What are some characteristics that should mark the lives of believers and separate them from the world?
Believers are a chosen people with many privileges. They are chosen by God to be royal priests, a holy people, a possession of God, and a people who have received mercy.
Believers are a worshiping people.
Believers are a people away from home–pilgrims who are waiting and seeking the kingdom of God.
Believers are a warring people fighting against worldliness, the flesh and the devil.
Believers are a people with beautiful lives especially when faced with persecution.
Application Question: What marks is God calling you to work on or restore in your life? What is your plan to do so?
This blog was quoted from Bible.Org, and entitled Marks of the People of God. Click here to read the full document.
Author, Cindy Walker
1. Once I was clothed in the rags of my sin,
Wretched and poor, lost and lonely within.
But with wondrous compassion, the King of all kings,
In pity and love, took me under His wings.
CHORUS:
Oh, yes, oh yes, I’m a child of the King
His royal blood now flows in my veins.
And I who was wretched and poor now can sing
Praise God, praise God, I’m a child of the King.
2. Now I’m a child with a Heavenly home,
My Holy Father has made me His own.
And I’m cleansed by His blood, and I’m clothed in His love,
And some day I’ll sing with the angels above.
CHORUS: