Just listening to "Priceless" by King & Country and surfing RITAN...I think this should be our theme song! "I see you dressed in white- every wrong made right- i see a rose in bloom- at the sight of you...oh, so priceless!" The Creator of all that is sees us through the lens of Jesus's blood that washed us pure...Holy Spirit breathed life into our spirit and we were Born of God! He sees us as we are spiritually- alive and beautiful, complete & whole by our union with Him, clean and holy...perfect in His eyes! Praise Him for life and even more for New and Eternal Life in Christ Jesus! We always have Him to be thankful for and focusing on God's love for & acceptance of us- fills us with His joy that strengthens us to endure all He walks us through while still here as His ambassadors on Earth! Remember to not only realize Who He is to you personally, but also who you've become -by His grace- to Him and find peace and calm and hope in that no matter what you are facing. He sees a highly valuable everlasting soul who has the capability to bring Him glory! All it takes is trust in Jesus and submission to Holy Spirit within us! Without faith it is impossible to please God, but as The Father's adopted children by faith in His Only Begotten Son, we bless Him when out of our appreciation, we return His love to Him and let it overflow to those He loves! You are loved unconditionally from the throne room of Heaven, from within and as we all learn how to more and more in prayer and deed, from the Body of Jesus- your fellow siblings in Christ! :heart: The Creator of all that is sees us through the lens of Jesus’s blood that washed us pure… This is beyond profound. Even as we come to understand more and more just how wretched we are we will never, on this side of eternity, fully understand this. The realization of who we are in Christ after there is no more looking through the glass darkly will be such a contrast to our nature as we know it here. It will truly be a staggering realization. At the time of the rapture… we will have a glorified body :yahoo: that will no longer sin and will no longer be tired, no more sickness, aches or pains and no growing old! Its going to be amazing. Jesus already sees us in heaven. Ephesians 2:1-10 And you hath he quickened, 😉 who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, 😉 (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: :whistle: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 😉 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. we are righteous which makes us justified by Jesus Blood. Pastor JD says God sees Jesus and not our sin. How Awesome is that....that just blows my little mind. Thank You Lord Jesus! Woo hoo! Romans 5:9-18 Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood Colossians 1:27 “To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Ephesians 1:7 “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,”. :prayer-hands: :yahoo: :amen: we can’t earn heaven by our good works … they are as filthy rags. Salvation is a free gift and we trust in the Blood of Jesus and His sacrifice to have our sins removed. Just to clarify what “we are His workmanship” means is … Per Got Question Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them” (NASB). Other Bible versions use words such as masterpiece or handiwork instead of workmanship. In other words, we are wholly the result of God’s creative, redemptive, and sanctifying work, and we belong to Him. Workmanship refers to more than the product of creation; it also refers to the degree of skill with which the product is made. That degree of skill imparts value to the thing made. For example, we could say, “That vase is of excellent workmanship.” The vase itself is lovely, but its value is derived from the talents of the one who designed and produced it. With that definition in mind, workmanship may be a more fitting term than either masterpiece or handiwork because of the emphasis it places on the Creator rather than the creation. We are God’s workmanship in that He created us. Everything God creates is of value, yet nothing in creation compares to His work in creating mankind (Genesis 2:7). From the sky to rivers to frogs, God merely spoke and they were (Genesis 1). For six days, God said, “Let there be,” and it was so. But on the sixth day, He did something different. God reached down into the mud and formed a man. He then breathed “into man’s nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul” (Genesis 2:7). That breath brought God’s own life into His workmanship. The human being now possessed a spirit unlike the life of animals and plants. Psalm 139:13–16 gives us a peek into God’s workshop, showing us that He is intimately involved in the creation of every human being. We are God’s workmanship in that He redeemed us. As God knew they would, mankind rebelled against His authority. They defiled God’s workmanship and introduced sin into His perfect world (Genesis 3:11; Romans 5:12). From that very hour, God put into motion His plan to redeem them and restore them to their original design (Genesis 3:21–23). Before the foundation of the world, God had planned this redemption, which would ultimately result in the crucifixion of His Son as a final sacrifice for sin (2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 1:4; Revelation 13:8). His workmanship was costly, as we are redeemed “with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18–19). We are God’s workmanship in that He sanctifies us and fits us for service. He forms us the way He wants for His own pleasure and purposes (Philippians 2:13; Colossians 1:16). Despite the imperfections we find in ourselves and those we love, the clay cannot say to the potter, “Why did you make me like this?” (Romans 9:20; Jeremiah 18:5). God knows what He’s doing. He uses the sculpting tools of adversity, relationships, challenges, and miraculous interventions to mold us into the image of Christ (Romans 8:28). And He promises to finish what He began (Philippians 1:6). The goal is “good works” (Ephesians 2:10). The truth that we are God’s workmanship is expressed in the context of our salvation: “By grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship” (Ephesians 2:8–10, NASB). The emphasis is on the grace and gift of God. We are not saved by our own works for the simple fact that we ourselves are God’s work. God is the Designer and Builder of our faith; we cannot save ourselves. The Church as a whole is also God’s workmanship. He has given us gifts, Scripture, and His Holy Spirit to enable us to carry out His work in the world. (Romans 12:4–7; 1 Corinthians 12:4). As a lantern exists to shed light, so the Church exists to spread the light of the gospel to the lost and dying (Matthew 5:14; Acts 13:47). To the degree that we allow His light to shine through us, we display His workmanship. - Fair Use - I wish I had learned Hebrew but a new favorite artist is this messianic Jew Joseph Aaron The Kings Harpist (80 of them) playing the Aaronic Blessing with Joseph Aaron — it was awesome Wow! That's powerful! :prayer-hands: Who belongs to the Lord? It's one thing to profess Salvation, it's quite another for it to be a living reality. Galatians 5 [24] And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. God sees a born again believer through the divine blood of Jesus Christ His Son. If the divine blood of Jesus truly has power in a believer's life, then he/she is a new creation, one who walks in God's holiness and righteousness. The works of the flesh are crucified, and the way of the Spirit takes control. Galatians 5 [19] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness [20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, [21] Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
