Exodus 19:5 KJV
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:
Though this verse speaks of Israel and gives them the condition of obedience, the same truth is applied to the Christian on condition of faith in Christ.
A man might have in his possession any number of valuable assets. They could be tools, they could be mementos or they could be keepsakes. But among all of his possessions there might be one valuable that, for whatever reason he has, is his most cherished treasure.
God owns all that is by virtue of creation. Though some may deny His possession and resist it, still it is His. Even Satan is the possession of the Lord and will be done with as it pleases God. But then God has a peculiar treasure among His treasures; in the Old Testament God laid upon Israel a condition; "If ye will obey". The New Testament does away with the condition and declares as a fact that the believer is a peculiar treasure to the Lord.
• We are that treasure because we are in Christ
• We are that treasure because of our love for the One God loves
But we ARE that treasure.
God so loved the world but even more so loves the saved.
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:
Though this verse speaks of Israel and gives them the condition of obedience, the same truth is applied to the Christian on condition of faith in Christ.
A man might have in his possession any number of valuable assets. They could be tools, they could be mementos or they could be keepsakes. But among all of his possessions there might be one valuable that, for whatever reason he has, is his most cherished treasure.
God owns all that is by virtue of creation. Though some may deny His possession and resist it, still it is His. Even Satan is the possession of the Lord and will be done with as it pleases God. But then God has a peculiar treasure among His treasures; in the Old Testament God laid upon Israel a condition; "If ye will obey". The New Testament does away with the condition and declares as a fact that the believer is a peculiar treasure to the Lord.
• We are that treasure because we are in Christ
• We are that treasure because of our love for the One God loves
But we ARE that treasure.
God so loved the world but even more so loves the saved.
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