"And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments, and that he will set u in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that he has made, and that you shall be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he promised" (Deut. 26:18-19).
In the Old Testament the children of Israel were God's treasured possession. God wanted the world around them to know that they belonged to God. They were blessed of God so that they could live for the glory of God. They were treasured by God so that He could reveal His greatness through them. Concerning Christians, Peter wrote, "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" (1 Pet. 2:9). Live for His praise.
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