Sunday, June 17, 2012

Gifts God has given us ...

Pam Padgett ... teacher

Deut. 26:11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

While thinking about the things God has given me, I was reminded of the following:

We who have been born again have received the gift of salvation, of eternal life, through the blood of Jesus Christ.  We have not received this gift because of what we have done, but because God chose us .... 

Ephesians 2:Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

We are the children of God and He is our Father ...

Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

God has given us His Spirit, living in us, and working in us .....

1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.


God called us out of darkness into His light.  We no longer have to walk in the darkness of sin and the ways of this world.  By the blood of Jesus Christ are sins are completely paid for, and we are led by the Holy Spirit in ways of truth, in light, in ways of God. 

1 Peter 2:9 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: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

These are just a few of the many wonderful things God has given to us, and are cause for continual rejoicing. 

Phillipians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

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