- It is so important to know who you are and what you have!
- Once you know who you are, it gives you the opportunity to live it out!
- This verse says that "God knew you and chose you" and "His Spirit has made you Holy".
- If you are going to live Holy, you've got to know that you are already made holy, in Him.
- You live out who you already are.
- He has already accepted you.
- You don't have to go looking for acceptance from others because you already have a Heavenly Father who knows all about you, what you have done and what you are going to do, and says.... You Are Accepted!
- He says, I "Chose You"!
- I hope that one fact sinks down deep into your heart this morning...
- He had a choice, and He chose you!
- He knows you from before you were formed in your mothers womb.
- He knows you forward and backward.
- He knows your failures and your success.
- He knows your weaknesses and strengths.
- He knows you...there are no secrets.
- It's not based on who you are or what you've done...It's based on who He is and what He has done.
- In John 15:16 Jesus says, "You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name."
- You are loved, accepted and secure in Him.
- Because you are "Chosen" you have certain rights and privileges!
- You've heard the phrase, "Membership has its priveleges", well it's definitely true here!
- Because you are chosen, you can go and produce lasting Fruit. (Gal. 5:22 & 23)
- Because you are "Chosen", you can ask for anything using His name!
- Because you know who you are, you know what you have.
- It says, "As a result"... The result of God choosing you. The result of being made Holy.
- As a result - "you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ."
- "Have obeyed" and "Have been cleansed"... Notice the tense. It's already done!
- It says that God gives you His Grace and Peace to accomplish it!
- His Grace gives you the power to do what you cannot do on your own.
- Today, How are you going to live?
- Will it be, "As a result" of what I have and who I am?
- You don't have to question it or doubt...
- You are Holy!
- You are Pure!
- You are accepted!
- You are Loved!
- Now Go and Live Out the results of that!
- Have a great Weekend!