Galatians 4:6 ... And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Exhortation: Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
As the nation of Israel in the Old Testament was chosen by God above all peoples of the earth, so are we today in NT chosen by God. Like Israel, we are not chosen because of our worthiness. We were chosen because it was the will of God. And when we are chosen by God, we are conformed into HIS image by THE WORD. THE WORD comes to us and we do as instructed and we are changed. THE WORD comes to us and we see the way of God to go in the issue at hand. THE WORD divides us from the world because seeing the way of God we choose to go that way which the world cannot see and this causes us to be divided.
We are now dead to the world. We no longer enjoy doing those things they do. We have been made different by THE WORD. Now they see us as having no life while they are out there committing fornication and being drunk. But our life is hidden. Our life is with Christ, THE WORD. And when Christ appears our life will appear with HIM. In the meantime we focus on HIM, THE WORD.