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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Ye Are of Royal Heritage




In Psalms we read, “Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High[1].”  The Apostle Paul, in his instruction to the Romans stated, “The Spirit [of God] beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if it so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together[2].”  These passages clearly articulate our royal heritage and of our impending inheritance if we but follow the commands of God.

This familial relationship with our Father, not only gives us the right to be His voice on earth, but indeed gives us the charge to testify of Him in the name of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Ghost.  “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church, which he hath purchased with his own blood[3].”  How do we do this?  By first loving God, secondly, by loving and warning your neighbor.

Christ, when asked by a certain lawyer, “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?  Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself[4].”  Remembering always, that in God’s family, your neighbor is a spiritual brother or sister.  May God bless you in this effort.




[1] Psalms 82:6
[2] Romans 8:16-17
[3] Acts 20:28
[4] Matthew 22:36-39

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