Saul/David Acts 13:22 (NLT) God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’
1. A Chosen People 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV) 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.
A. Chosen “He likes you, He loves you, He wants you, That’s it, that is the credential.”
B. Royal Priesthood
James 1:18 (NLT) He choseto give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.
C. Holy Nation
D. A people belonging to God.
When we realize that we belong to God 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV) “…That you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
2. A Chosen Purpose
Isaiah 61:3 (NIV) To bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
3. A Chosen Posture 1 Peter 2:9 (AMP)God’s own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:10 (NIV) Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God.
Ephesians 1:3-8 (NLT) 3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. 7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. 8 He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.
Philippians 4:19(NIV) My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
