They Are Mine

Exodus 5:1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the desert.’”
 
NOTICE, God said, “Let my people go.” He declares to the highest authority on earth, “These are not your people. They are mine. They are to leave you to be devoted to me.”
     In the church’s history, there have been a number of statements of belief written to help define God, the Bible and true faith. One of those was written by two young priests in Heidelberg, Germany. It is called The Heidelberg Catechism. “Catechism” means a process of learning. The learning process here is a question and answer format. Each answer is supported with Bible verses to affirm the answers come from the Bible and not from any person or persons. The very first question in the catechism is this: “What is your only comfort in life and death?” The answer: “That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yes, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, from now on, to live unto him.” In essence, you have eternal assurance as God calls you, “My child.”
     In Egypt long ago, it was God’s will to save his people from Egypt’s bondage. Today, it is God’s will to free his people from Satan’s bondage through the blood of Jesus Christ.
     When you confess your sins and confess Jesus as Lord, you are God’s eternal possession. “If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.” (Romans 14:8)
     Following Moses, the Israelites would be born anew into a nation under God’s law and power. This ultimately would lead to Jesus’ gospel, so you would be born again into the kingdom of God. I pray you rejoice today and each day that “with body and soul, both in life and death” you are not your own, but you belong to the Lord God.
 
LIFE Link: John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.