Who are you?
As a born again,
Spirit filled, child of God - you are His masterpiece.
Long before you
were even born, in fact, before the world was created, God chose you. He had a
special job planned for you then, and has now re-created you with that special
job in mind. (Eph. 1:4, Eph. 2:10, 2 Cor. 5:17, Rom. 7:4)
You are now…
Established in
Christ
This means you can
stand firm in Christ. God will not allow you to be shaken. (Ps 55:22)
Anointed
You have been set
apart and commissioned for God’s kingdom and empowered with the gifts of the
Spirit. (Acts 1:8, 1 Cor. 12:7-11)
Sealed
The Almighty, most
high God has bought you with his own blood. There is a seal of ownership on
you. You are certified as His property. (1Pe 1:18-19)
Given the
Spirit
The Holy Spirit is
the guarantee of that ownership and also of the promises in God. (Eph 1:13, 1
Cor. 12:3)
Does this mean that
you are now more important than the rest of mankind? No, it doesn’t. Do you
have the right to sit on a holy pedestal and judge non-believers? No, you don’t.
What you have is grace. All people were created in God’s image and Christ died
for all of them. You have been commissioned and empowered to tell them that.
You are who God
says you are. Do not believe the enemies’ lies anymore. He will try and
convince you that you are worthless and insignificant. He doesn’t want you to know
your true worth in Christ because he knows that you are God’s masterpiece, a
powerful tool in the Almighty’s hand.
Go and be that.
God bless
Madeleine
You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be actually something which I think I
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me. I'm looking forward for your next post, I'll try to get the hang of it!