DCLM Higher Everyday 24 February 2024 — Know Who you are now
Topic: Know Who you are now
Text: 1 Peter 2:9-12
9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Key Verse: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light” (1 Peter 2:9).
Message
The accurate knowledge of who you are in Christ will help you in a number of ways. It could either help you to embrace and use the privileges you have in Christ, or if you are still outside Christ, to receive Him and become a child of God in order to enjoy same privileges. Randall Jacob said, “There’s no substitute for accurate knowledge, know yourself, know your business, know your men.” Do you know yourself?
Friend, what is your answer to the above question? God describes all His children as members of: (1) a chosen generation, (2) a royal priesthood, (3) a holy nation, (4) a peculiar people. Do these four conditions describe you? The Old Testament saints like Abraham, Moses, Elijah and the New Testament saints such as Peter, John, James and Paul, knew that they belonged to a chosen generation. They were holy and different in a sinful world. Christian youths must be seen to be holy and peculiar in their schools and communities. They should not be named among thieves, fornicators, liars and bullies. If you are a sinner, repent now.
Quote: Be Holy and peculiar
Challenge: Are you a saint or a sinner?
Prayer for today: Oh God, help me to always affirm that I am a Christian, in Jesus’ name.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
