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NASB | 1 Peter 2:9 ¶ But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 2:9 ¶ But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A CONSECRATED NATION, A [special] PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. [Ex 19:5, 6] |
Subject: Struggle or Victory? |
Bible Note: I’ve long thought of myself as struggling through this life as best I can, knowing that one day, God would take me from this world, and I would begin my heavenly existance. If we have been truly born again, right now, the real me, the real you, is already living a heavenly existance. If we are to see ourselves as God sees us, we should see the living spirit we have become, not the dead flesh that is passing away. We should see each other as the living spirit we have become. Truly heavely creatures. 1 Peter 2:9 “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people (lit. people to be a special possession); that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light†Not something we shall be, something that we are. Exodus 19:5 “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine†We can keep His covenant, because now it is based on His faithfulness. Romans 8:2 “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.†And so in Hebrews 4:16 “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.†The Bible doesn’t say anything about leaving the throne of grace! To the contrary, in Ephesians 2:6 God “has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:†and in Colossians 3 “we are hid with Christ in Godâ€, and that Jesus sits at the right of God in heaven. God has sat us down with Christ, in heaven. We are in heaven already! So where is heaven? If we could but see through the veil, this smoke and mirrors around us, we would see that even now we are seated with Jesus. It was after I began to study Colossians 3 that I began to really understand this. Before, I had always thought of heaven as someplace far away, beyond the universe, and I knew God heard my prayers, but by long long distance. Now that I know I am even now before God’s throne, He is here with us, my prayers are not to someone far away, I am speaking to one right beside me. God is not directing our lives from outer space, He is guiding us as a Father leads His child by the hand. He is here. He will never leave me or forsake me. What is there in this world that can overcome us? Nothing – We are in heaven with God! What sin cannot be avoided by remaining where we are? None! What good work will remain undone if we simply stay hid with Christ in God? None! Hebrews 13:20-21 “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.†Love in Christ, Mark |
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