Deuteronomy 7:6 KJV
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
I am reminded of
1 Peter 2:9 KJV
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
The New Testament passage gives authority to claiming the Old Testament passage to believers of our day. While Jews and Christians are two separate peoples, still the relationship of the Lord with the Jews in the Old Testament is illustrative of His relationship to believer in the New.
And the point is that we who are called and chosen of God are incredibly special people to God.
Remember, when Moses wrote these words of God Israel was still in the wilderness. The Promised Land was before them, but it was only before them. They had just experienced 40 years of watching an entire generation pass away because of their own unbelief. And even Moses, the great leader that he was, would be denied entrance into the Promised Land because of his sin. And still God says of them, "God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself."
We may not be victorious in every area of our Christian life
We may not feel like we have entered into the Promised Land
We may be going through the chastening of the Lord
But we, who are believers, we who feel the tug of God drawing us time and time again to Himself, we who have claimed Christ as our only hope of reconciliation for sin; are a special people.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
I am reminded of
1 Peter 2:9 KJV
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
The New Testament passage gives authority to claiming the Old Testament passage to believers of our day. While Jews and Christians are two separate peoples, still the relationship of the Lord with the Jews in the Old Testament is illustrative of His relationship to believer in the New.
And the point is that we who are called and chosen of God are incredibly special people to God.
Remember, when Moses wrote these words of God Israel was still in the wilderness. The Promised Land was before them, but it was only before them. They had just experienced 40 years of watching an entire generation pass away because of their own unbelief. And even Moses, the great leader that he was, would be denied entrance into the Promised Land because of his sin. And still God says of them, "God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself."
We may not be victorious in every area of our Christian life
We may not feel like we have entered into the Promised Land
We may be going through the chastening of the Lord
But we, who are believers, we who feel the tug of God drawing us time and time again to Himself, we who have claimed Christ as our only hope of reconciliation for sin; are a special people.
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