Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Titus 2 ... For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
We, who belong to God, are turned into "a peculiar people" ...
That word "peculiar" in Latin means: "belonging exclusively to"
From the middle English definition, "peculiar" means: "special"
Both of these definitions fit us:
We belong exclusively to God by His will, not by our works, simply because HE chose us just as HE chose the nation of Israel in Old Testament. God chose us to be HIS own special people, belonging exclusively to HIM.
So God simply changed us.
We don't live as we once lived by the flesh of man, doing that which pleased our flesh. We are changed so now we put to death the flesh by the cross of Jesus, identification with Jesus who denied the flesh and obeyed God even to the death of the cross.
Therefore Paul says: I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Gal. 2:20
We no longer fit in with the gang. We are now dead to the world and the various pleasures of the world. We have been raised from the death of this world.
Therefore the following is true: And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: 11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 12Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. Col. 2
Titus 2 ... For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
And as we live our years on this earth, over and over we are changed by God through the WORD by the Holy Spirit, continually recreated in the image of THE WORD.
And Paul told us to do the following ... Romans 12:2 ... And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
We read the Bible daily. We focus on specific scripture that catches our interest. We look deeply into that scripture. We apply that scripture to our way of life. We do this daily. By this we eat our "daily bread" from God. We eat the flesh of Jesus and drink His blood. For in this is our life! Without it we wilt away and become as dead people. Then we start again to eat scripture and we began to feel life again and it is like a blood transfusion to us. Each of us must hunt our own food daily and eat our own food daily otherwise our spiritual bodies will not grow in the Lord.
The most cherished time of each day for me is that time that I sit quietly with my Bible. I just begin reading Bible. Eventually there will be something catching my attention. I stop and focus on that scripture, eating HIS flesh and drinking HIS blood.
Jesus said: Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Jn. 6:53
You can eat what I write and be helped. But you also must go out and shop for your own food and eat that food. By doing this you grow strong in the Lord. Each of us must do this daily. It must become a way of life for us, for indeed this is the way of life.