We Are His People Psalms 100:3 Psalms 79:12-13 Psalms 95:6-7 2 Chronicles 7:14-16 Isaiah 63:7-9 Titus 2:11-14 1 Peter 2:9-10 Revelation 21:1-4 12.14.20

 

WE ARE HIS PEOPLE

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³ Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.  Psalms 100:3 (NIV) 

¹² Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord. ¹³ Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.  Psalms 79:12-13 (NIV)

⁶ Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; ⁷ for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.  Psalms 95:6-7 (NIV)

 

¹⁴ If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. ¹⁵ Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. ¹⁶ I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.  2 Chronicles 7:14-16 (NIV)

⁷ I will tell of the kindnesses of the LORD, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the LORD has done for us-- yes, the many good things he has done for the house of Israel, according to his compassion and many kindnesses.  ⁸ He said, “Surely they are my people, sons who will not be false to me”; and so he became their Savior.  ⁹ In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them.  In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.  Isaiah 63:7-9 (NIV)

 

¹¹ For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. ¹² It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, ¹³ while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.  Titus 2:11-14 (NIV)

⁹ 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. ¹⁰ 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 2:9-10 (NIV)

 

¹ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. ² I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ⁴ He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”  Revelation 21:1-4 (NIV)

 

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“While in the Old Testament the mediating roles of prophet, priest and king were fulfilled by separate individuals, all three offices now coalesce in the One Person of Jesus.  It is His glory given Him by the Father, to be in this way the all sufficient Savior.  We who believe are called to understand this and to show ourselves His people by obeying Him as our King, trusting Him as our Priest and learning from Him as our Prophet and Teacher.  To center on Jesus Christ in this way is the hallmark of authentic Christianity.”   J.I. Packer

 

“God alone can bless His people, keep them, look on them with favor (make His face shine and turn His face toward them), be gracious to them, and give them peace.”  The Bible Knowledge Commentary

“God delights in His covenant and so we are sure He will not turn back from it. It is the joy of His holy heart. He delights to do His people good. To pass over transgression, iniquity, and sin is the recreation of Jehovah. Did you ever hear God singing? It is extraordinary that the Divine One would solace Himself with song, yet a prophet has thus revealed the Lord to us: ‘The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.’ (Zephaniah 3:17). The covenant is the heart of God written out in the blood of Jesus.”  Charles Spurgeon

“Suffering and death have indelibly marked the human experience east of Eden. In the beginning, there was no cancer, coronavirus, or chronic pain — everything was ‘very good’. Everything changed when sin and death entered the world, and creation itself ‘was subjected to futility’. Suffering, sickness, and sadness accompany the ‘thorns and thistles’ of creation’s curse and humanity’s ‘dust . . . to dust’ sentence.  Into this world of sin, suffering, and death, Christ came to save his people and set things right.  Stunningly, the divine Son redeemed us from the curse by ‘becoming a curse for us’ at the cross.  The God who rules the world designed for the best man to suffer the worst fate to save bad people.”  Brian Tabb

“God is in the busines of changing lives through His Word and prayer.  It is His desire for His people to be lights in this world of darkness so that all the world may know Him.  This indeed is taking hold of life that is truly life and one without regrets.”  BHY

“The Lord is in the business of delivering His people in His own way, in His own time and for His own glory.”  Robert J. Morgan

“God loves to do astounding things. And most of the time, He does those things in response to the prayers of His people.”   David Jeremiah

 

“God will never fail the eyes of them that look up to Him.  His people will never be ashamed to put their hope in Him.  His Name is a strong and mighty tower.  Cast your care upon Him and He will sustain you.  He will never let the righteous fall.”  BHY

 

“It’s an ethos and conviction underscored by so many I’ve met since being here -- men and women placed by God in the portals of power. In education, government, the military or entertainment, they’re there, holding sway and affecting for good. I keep meeting them -- nuclear physicists, university presidents, business moguls; social entrepreneurs.  Others are advisors, entertainers, journalists, and yes, even politicians. From across the globe, they are power-holders and influencers; living for God, risking all, spicing our world with His precepts, His standards, and with His grace, Amazing Grace.  These invigorating experiences have so broadened my perspective of God and the canny, brilliant ways He works. His people are everywhere -- His ‘sent ones’ who wear not the vestments of religion nor hoist the banner of traditional ‘missionary’.  Yet they are equally dedicated to the purposes of Jesus -- to the death if need be.  Paula Kirby

“When we take God for our God, we take His people for our people.”   Matthew Henry

“He who stands today representing the interests of His people is very God of very God, to whom every knee shall bow.  Happy are we who belong to such a Shepherd, whose humanity communes with us, and whose divinity protects us.  Let us worship and bow down before Him as the people of His pasture.”    Charles H. Spurgeon

“Nothing can be more consoling to the man of God than the conviction that the Lord who made the world governs the world; and that every event, great and small, prosperous and adverse, is under the absolute disposal of Him who doeth all things well, and who regulates all things for the good of His people.”   Jerry Bridges

“So let us not stay silent with this gospel.  Let’s not allow fear in our culture to muzzle our faith in Christ.  And let’s not enable indecision to rule our lives.  Let’s not permit delay to characterize our days.  We don’t have to ask what the will of God is; He has made it clear.  He wants His people to provide for the poor, to value the unborn, to care for orphans and widows, to rescue people from slavery, to defend marriage, to war against sexual immorality in all its forms in every area of our lives, to love our neighbors as ourselves regardless of their ethnicity, to practice faith regardless of the risk, and to proclaim the gospel to all nations.  Of these things we are sure.”    David Platt  

“God is not calling us to be a savior for His people, He is calling us to love the ones He was the Savior for.”   Del Tackett

HEART SAVOR

·         We are a people that Christ has redeemed.  We have been bought with a price and we are to honor God with our bodies.

·         We belong to God.  We are the flock under His care.

·         We are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.