Quick Reminder For Christians โ€“ By Iwalola(Lola) Ademodi

๐ŸŒบBeloved, a chunk of our identity as Christians is in who Christ say we are, in Him.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ (๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ)

โ€ญโ€ญ๐Ÿ“’2 Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ20โ€ฌ โ€ญAMPโ€ฌโ€ฌ

๐Ÿ”ดโ€So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us; we [as Christโ€™s representatives] plead with you on behalf of Christ to be reconciled to God.โ€

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐จ๐. (๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

โ€ญโ€ญ ๐Ÿ“’ Johnโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ12โ€ฌ โ€ญAMPโ€ฌโ€ฌ

๐Ÿ”ดโ€ But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His nameโ€

โ€ญโ€ญ ๐Ÿ“’ โ€ญโ€ญIsaiahโ€ฌ โ€ญ56โ€ฌ:โ€ญ5โ€ฌ โ€ญAMPโ€ฌโ€ฌ โ€ญโ€ญ

๐Ÿ”ดโ€ To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial, And a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.โ€

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง (๐„๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ“)

โ€ญโ€ญ๐Ÿ“’ Ephesiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ1โ€ฌ:โ€ญ4โ€ฌ-โ€ญ5โ€ฌ โ€ญAMPโ€ฌโ€ฌ

๐Ÿ”ดโ€ just as [in His love]

He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸพIn love He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His willโ€”โ€

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These ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿพverses also indicate that Christians are;

๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ and that and ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐†๐จ๐.

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“.๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)

โ€ญโ€ญ๐Ÿ“’ 2 Corinthiansโ€ฌ โ€ญ5โ€ฌ:โ€ญ17โ€ฌ โ€ญAMPโ€ฌโ€ฌ

๐Ÿ”ดโ€ Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].โ€

โ€ญโ€ญ๐๐Ž๐– ๐‹๐„๐“ ๐”๐’ ๐๐‘๐€๐˜

๐Ÿ”ฅFather in heaven, thank You for making us Your children.

๐Ÿ”ฅThank You Jesus for the gifts of salvation and sanctification.

๐Ÿ”ฅThank You for another day of life.

๐Ÿ”ฅHoly Spirit, abide with us and give us the grace to abide in You.

๐Ÿ”ฅIn Jesus Christโ€™s most sacred name I pray. Amen ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ

Have a blessed day โค๏ธ

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