A Song of Adoption (1 Peter 2:9-10)
Gary McManus, 10/05/2014Part of the Life With Jesus is Better series, preached at a Sunday Evening service
Worship is an EXPRESSION of what we believe
It is important THREE ways.
--it is what we believe
--it is what we believe as found in God’s Word
--worship is also teaching us about what we believe
and God’s word.
“Songs, hymns and spiritual songs”
(Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16)
The Bible itself is made up of some of those songs:
Romans 1:1-6, Philippians 2:5-11,
1 Corinthians 15:3-7,
Ephesians 1:3-14, 1 Timothy 3:16, Titus 3:3-81,
Peter 1:18-21, 2:9-10, 2:24-25.
We are all adopted (by God because of Jesus)
[Romans 8:14-16 ]
We had a life before being adopted:
(Titus 2:3 ff, 1 Peter 4:3-4)
living like pagans!
God wanted to adopt us. Why? Love.
Be clear about what makes us special.
UNTIL we are God’s we are not special.
God imparts the specialness
We did not acquire the specialness
Hope you watch Antiques Roadshow.
We could learn much from this program.
WE are worth MORE than we think we are worth.
(‘Cause we don’t think like God.)
It isn’t that we are so very valuable
but it is the fact that God says that we are so valuable.
It is who you belong to that makes valuable.
Vs 10: Once we were nobodies but now
we are somebodies because of God.
Valuable items often get a new “life.”
You and I can have a new life because
the Lord God has chosen to have mercy on us.
Tell others that Jesus wants to help them. . .
H..E..L..P
With Jesus you get. . .
Heaven’s
Eternity
Love
Power
1 Peter 3:9, 4:8
Ten times the letter calls us to live. .
live your value. . .live your new life. . .
WE are not good people but
Jesus MAKES us do good things.
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