BEING SET APART!

 

"And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine." 

Leviticus 20:26 

14. "I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."

16. "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."

18.  "As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world." 

21.  "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." 

24.  "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world."

John 17:14,16,18,21,24

"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 

SOME PEOPLE SET APART:

ISRAELITES:

"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." 

Deuteronomy 14:2 

5.  "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:" 

 6. "And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel." 

Exodus 19:5-6

NOAH:

"These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." 

Genesis 6:9 

MOSES:

11.  "And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?" 

14.  "And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you." 

Exodus 3:11, 14

DAVID:

13.  "And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever." 

14.  "But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

1 Samuel 13:13-14

21.  "And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years." 

22.  "And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will."

Acts 13:21-22

JOHN THE BAPTIST:

13.  "But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John." 

15.  "For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb." 

41. "And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe ( JOHN THE BAPTIST) leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:"

Luke 1:13,15, 41 

"Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matthew 11:11 

PAUL:

"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:" 

Ephesians 1:1 

EVE:

"And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living." 

Genesis 3:20 

MARY:

26.  "And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth," 

27.  "To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary." 

28.  "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." 

35.  "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God."

Luke 1:26-28, 35

ELIZABETH:

13.  "But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John." 

15.  "For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb." 

41. "And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe ( JOHN THE BAPTIST) leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:"

57.  "Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son." 

Luke 1:13, 15, 41, 57 

CHILDREN OF GOD:

"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"

 John 1:12

24.  "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith."

25.  "But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster." 

26.  "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."

 Galatians 3:24-26

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

DIANE CLAUDE:

CHOSEN BY GOD:

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