Peculiar People

 

Peculiar People

Deuteronomy 14:2 “Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.2 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.”

     That was for Israel.  That was the old covenant under Moses.  Those rules made them different mostly in appearance and diet here.  Drop an Israelite in ancient Cannan and he’d stick out like a sore thumb.

     Now, drop a Christian missionary in China.  What do you have?  A person who walks, talks, and eats like a Chinese person.  As if God wanted His gospel to extend into all cultures of the earth.  How can we fit in and be unique to God?  As in 1 Peter 2, we are still peculiar.

Romans 1:20 “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”

     The invisible God is to be comprehended by visible creation.  Likewise, our invisible spirits must be discerned by our fruits.

Love:  approve of what God approves

Joy:  hope in Jesus

Peace:  resolve conflicts with God and man

Patience:  use time to your advantage

Kindness:  meet other’s needs

Goodness:  integrity to the core

Faithfulness:  keep your word

Meekness:  don’t assert your will selfishly

Self-control:  reign in your being

     As we mature, His character will become our second nature.  We will indeed become “little Christs” and be a peculiar people. 

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