People of God

Today's subject is of such importance that I want to take a few days to discuss it in our devotional.Concept: People of God.

The references for this topic start in Matthew 1:21 "She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

One of the unique things about being Christian is the relationship God desires to have with us and what He expects from us and what His part in the relational covenant.

Those who said to be of the way, or as we were later called Christians, have a vastly different understanding of God then those who claim to be atheist or who follow some other religion? The foundation for this relationship is found in Judaism in what we call the Old Testament and then unfolded in the coming of Jesus who is God's only begotten or unique son and as scripture teaches is a person in the God head or three in one.

Back to our scripture. He came to save his people from their sins. The Good news or the Gospel of God's Son and His life, death and resurrection are first to God's chose people the Jews. Chosen because of the response of faith to God by Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Although Abraham had another son in Ishmael, he was not of faith or of Abraham's wife but was an illegitimate child and not the first born according to neither God’s promise nor the marriage of Abraham and Sarah. He was actually the result of Abraham seeking to accomplish God's promise through natural means and not God's means.

God sent Jesus to save us from our sins, so we need to trust God to accomplish His will and we must not seek to accomplish it in our own scheming and strength