Title: God's Special Possession (Ex 19:1-6)
Contents Who I belong to and who owns me determines my destiny.
It is a universal truth that the status, attributes, and even the mode of life are all determined by the owner.
When the people of Israel reached the historic Mount Sinai, God calls Moses and officially declares how God will continue his relationship with Israel.
He says that if we continue to obey God's commands and do well in the future, he will make this people his own among all nations and peoples and make them a holy people forever.
This was indeed a very high-level choice that no other foreign country dared to look up to.
1. Are we God's special possession?
Clearly, we were fallen sinners, beings who had no choice but to die for the wages of our sins.
However, God considers us as treasures hidden in a field and has chosen us by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, paying all the price for us.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field; when a man found it, he hid it, and rejoiced, went back and sold all that he had and bought the field” (Matthew 13:44).
And today, we are reconfirming who we are as living beings with the following words.
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the goodness of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9).
2. The lives bought with the blood of the Lord are protected lives.
If we have a treasure, it is very natural to put our minds on it.
If a man's treasure is in a boat floating on rough seas, he will constantly toss and turn on his bed, worrying about its safety.
If his treasure is cloth, he will try to keep it from rotting, and if it is precious metal, he will try to keep it from thieves.
It's hard to imagine that Jesus Christ would carelessly leave us as his treasure by throwing his life away.
The promise that Jesus promised to protect us even to the point of laying down his life as the Good Shepherd has not changed at all.
“I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11).
We, as his sheep, remain safe from any of today's ferocious beasts by staying in his cage only. I hope you believe it.
3. God's treasure is His forever.
Treasure is a special possession.
God speaks today to His chosen children.
“I will make them my special possession on my appointed day, saith the LORD of hosts” (Malachi 3:17).
The bodies, which have become God's special possession, now have no reason, ability, or time to shake off their hands.
It is only in his possession that he obeys his will.
God does not, under any circumstances, abandon the lives he already possessed by sacrificing his only begotten Son.
He protects you from the high and rough waves of the world and delivers you from the cruel temptations of Satan.
And he must use those lives for the glory of God.
Application 1). Please confirm once again that the ownership of our life is no longer yours.
It is that the saints who know whose hand their life is in will find the blessed way.
2). Please listen to the voice of the master of life and pay attention to keeping his covenant.
When you ignore that sound, tragedy will surely come and you will experience getting lost and lost.
3).Please make sure that you are always ready to deliver a song of joy and the thrill of love whenever the Master of Life sees us.
4). I hope that you can confirm that you have become his child not because of my merits, but by the grace you give unconditionally, and live today with pride that anyone can be proud of.