*LIVING SEEDS DEVOTIONALS*
(Life Transforming Words)
Day: 83 Wedn. March 24th 2021
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*FELLOWCITIZEN*
**Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God* ;
Ephesians 2:19* (KJV)
The gentiles were strangers and
Foreigners before been engrafted into the Commonwealth of Israel. Do you also want to be engrafted into this community of saint?. The last four verses of chapter two enumerate. The prerogatives of being in Christ. Christians are no longer what they were but are something entirely new. The church is not patched onto the nation Israel; it is an entirely new entity. This verse, set forth Jesus as our chief Cornerstone. This cornerstone brings together all the elements of the building we call the church. Both Jew and Gentile can now become part of the same family. They are no long estranged from each other.
The Greek indication of the word ''so then'' draws a conclusion from previous the statements (vs. 14-18). This conclusion centers on the word '' *one* '' in the previous verses. The Jews and Gentiles were distinctly different, but now they are '' *one* '' in Christ. The word Strangers and foreigners were Jewish terms for Gentiles. Gentiles were foreigners living in their native lands. Strangers were Gentiles living in the land of Israel. The Gentiles were outside the blessings of the nation Israel, but now Gentile believers are no longer alien to God’s economy. Christians belong to a new, eternal nation (Phil 3:20). The polar opposite of strangers and foreigners is fellow citizens. The new status in the church is a spiritual citizenship holding this standing with the saints. Who is a saint? A saint is someone who is set apart unto God. God separated saints from both Jews and Gentiles and formed a new entity, the church, the household of faith. Saint is a title of honor for one who belongs to the universal church. The old national theocracy of Israel no longer exists. The household here is not the same as what the Jews held in the nation of Israel. This is an entirely new family entity (v. 20), not a national entity. Christians are members of God’s household. What a wonderful new identity that is achieved for all believers. The implications of this to us as believer's is that there are no second class citizens in the household of faith. Everyone of us is a first class citizen and we are equal before the master.
There are no strangers, foreigners or outcasts in God’s family, no second-class citizens. We have a citizenship located in heaven (Philp 3:20). God views us as members of His eternal family. Our eternal citizenship and family are the same thing. Every believer holds the same status before God. To treat a fellow member of the eternal citizenship or family with disregard is to trash what God values. Christians belong in a way that we never did before. We are not second-class citizens or aliens to God’s community. No believer is homeless. We now have a homeland. We eagerly wait for the time when we will go home to be with our Lord. Meanwhile, we represent Him in time on earth as His personal representatives, ambassadors for Christ (2Ccor 5:20).
*SHALL WE PRAY*
Father in the name of Jesus,
Thank for being a citizens of the Gods kingdom. I possess my total right as a citizens of Gods kingdom.
*READ THE BIBLE* *THROUGH*
Judges 6-8
*MEDITATION*
Eph 2:1-15
*SURE PROPHECY.*
You need divine Connection, I decree supernatural angels will connect you with your helpers In Jesus name.
Gifted Hands!!!
©Apostle Thomas & Testimony Adegbile. The Senior, Revealed life international Christian centre Akure. www.rlcc.org.ng 08035868741.
