Sunday, February 13, 2011

The God That Can Change Your Name

Genesis 17:1-8
When God changes your name He changes who you are.  He changed Abram (high, exalted father) to Abraham (father of a multitude).  Abram became Abraham because of Gods covenant that was made between Him and Abram.  This same covenant belongs to you.  Which means we are no longer subject to the labels that people put on us (alcoholic, pot head, crack head, meth addict, dope fein, etc.)  God through Jesus Christ has made us new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (Amplified) Therefore if any person is (ingrafted) in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether) the old (previous moral and spiritual condition) has passed away.  Behold the fresh and new has come!  The "you" who you used to be is gone so don't rehearse it.

Note:  What you do is not who you are.  But what you practice (rehearse) is what you become.
Genesis 32:24-28
Jacob became tired of being known as a schemer, trickster, swindler, to the point that he wrestled with an angel until God blessed him by changing his name to Israel (contender with God).

What has God called you?  God has called you:

The BELOVED     Romans 1:7
The HEALED    Isaiah 53:5
The ONE THAT PROSPERS     3 John 2
The RIGHTEOUS   1 Peter 3:18
A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD   1 Peter 2:9
The REDEEMED (you were bought with a price)   1 Corinthians 7:23

Read, meditate and pray on what God says about you today.

God loves you and so do I!

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