God's Treasured Possession
"'Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel" (Exodus 19:5-6; note the "if").
"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession; out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth" (Deuteronomy 7:6; the LORD has chosen).
"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth" (Deuteronomy 14:2; again, "The LORD has chosen").
"And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you..." (Deuteronomy 26:18a).
"Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. 'They shall be mine,' says the LORD of hosts, 'in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God, and one who does not serve him'" (Malachi 3:16-18).
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy" (1 Peter 2:9-10).
Whether in the Old Testament or the New, God's treasured possession is so by His choice, i.e., election.
"'Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel" (Exodus 19:5-6; note the "if").
"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession; out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth" (Deuteronomy 7:6; the LORD has chosen).
"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth" (Deuteronomy 14:2; again, "The LORD has chosen").
"And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you..." (Deuteronomy 26:18a).
"Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed his name. 'They shall be mine,' says the LORD of hosts, 'in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God, and one who does not serve him'" (Malachi 3:16-18).
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy" (1 Peter 2:9-10).
Whether in the Old Testament or the New, God's treasured possession is so by His choice, i.e., election.
Labels: Exodus 19; Deuteronomy 7; Deuternomy 14; Deuteronomy 26; Malachi 3; 1 Peter 2
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