Six weeks ago, we began a discussion regarding
the results of personal salvation in Christ and why it might be associated with
enhanced wellbeing as found through Teleios research.1,2 The blogs
are describing what happens at the time of salvation, as taught in the Bible,
resulting in a steadfast new and wonderful position of a believer.
This week let us discuss the great promise of our
eternal possession by God.
The wonderful story of our being the possession
of God starts in Exodus 19:5-6 when God told the Israelites that He intended
them to be a kingdom of priests, a holy nation and His peculiar possession. They
failed in their commitment to God and sinned against Him. Therefore, they did
not become a kingdom of priests or a holy nation. However, God will keep His
promise to Israel that the nation would be His eternal possession (Psalm 89,
and 132:11-17, Romans 11:26-29).
As we know, the sin of Israel under the law was
to show us our need for Christ (Galatians 3:24). He has come and died for our
sins, that through Him, those who believe on his death on the cross by faith
will have eternal life. As believers, God has enabled us to become a
kingdom of priests, a holy nation and His peculiar possession (I Peter 2:9).
How can Christians do this when the Israelis
could not? It is because we have the Holy Spirit given to us as a seal to our
redemption and to mark us as His eternal possession (Ephesians 1:13-14).
Christ noted that as His chosen, we are in His
hands and cannot be removed. We are also in God’s hands and cannot be removed (John10:28-30). Several other Scriptures also note that we are God’s possession (I Thessalonians5:9, II Thessalonians 2:14 and Hebrews 10:39 [word ‘possession’ in Greek])
We have in general, God’s promise that He will
secure us in His power unto salvation (II Timothy 1:12, Philippians 1:6, I Thessalonians 5:23).
Over the past six weeks we have covered marvelous
promises of our position as a believer that cannot be overturned, either
because of legal, morphological reasons or through the direct power of God.
These promises include: spiritual baptism, membership in the universal church, sealing
by the Holy Spirit, adoption, justification, and now being made God's
possession.
Thank you for joining me this week and please
come again next week as we continue to discuss the amazing power of God's word
in our lives.
WC Stewart
1.
MacIlvaine WR, Nelson LA, Stewart JA, Stewart WC. Association of
strength of community service to personal wellbeing. Community Ment Health J
2014;50:577-82.
2.
MacIlvaine WR, Nelson LA, Stewart JA, Stewart WC. Association of
strength of religious adherence to quality of life measures. Complement Ther
Clin Pract 2013;19:251-5.
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