Gods Chosen Nation

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Gods ChosenNation
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Gods Chosen Nation

• Some Feel It Is America
• Others Feel It Is The Nation Of Islam
• Many People Believe It Is Modern Israel
• Saying God Gave Them The Land
• Premillennial View, Christ Is Coming To Set Up
  Earthly Kingdom In Jerusalem
• Does God NOW Have A Chosen Nation?

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Gods Chosen Nation

• God Did Promise To Make Certain People HIS Nation
  And Give Them A Land In Which To Dwell

• Promise To Abraham Gen. 121-36-7

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Genesis 121-3

• Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out
  of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from
  thy fathers house, unto a land that I will shew
  thee 2 And I will make of thee a great nation,
  and I will bless thee, and make thy name great
  and thou shalt be a blessing 3 And I will bless
  them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth
  thee and in thee shall all families of the earth
  be blessed.

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Genesis 126-7

• And Abram passed through the land unto the
  place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the
  Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the LORD
  appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will
  I give this land and there builded he an altar
  unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

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Gods Chosen Nation

• God Did Promise To Make Certain People HIS Nation
  And Give Them A Land In Which To Dwell
• Promise To Abraham Gen. 121-36-7
• Make A Great Nation Of His Seed

• All Families Would Be Blessed Through His Seed
• Give His Seed The Land Of The Cannanites

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Gods Chosen Nation

• The Land Of Promise

• Before Receiving It They Would Be Servants In
  Another Land (Gen. 1513-14)
• Deliverance In Fourth Generation Exodus 616-20
  Identifies Moses And Aaron As That Generation
• Borders Of Land Given In Gen. 1518-21
• Reason God Took The Land From Former Inhabitants
  Was Their Wickedness -

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Deuteronomy 94-5

• Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the
  LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee,
  saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath
  brought me in to possess this land but for the
  wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive
  them out from before thee. 5 Not for thy
  righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine
  heart, dost thou go to possess their land but
  for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy
  God doth drive them out from before thee, and
  that he may perform the word which the LORD sware
  unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Gods Promises Are Fulfilled

• Just Before Their Entering The Land He Made A
  Twofold Promise
• If Faithful To Obey Him, They Would Be Great
  Above All Nations -

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Deuteronomy 281-2

• And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt
  hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy
  God, to observe and to do all his commandments
  which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy
  God will set thee on high above all nations of
  the earth 2 And all these blessings shall come
  on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken
  unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Gods Promises Are Fulfilled
• Just Before Entering The Land He Made A Twofold
  Promise
• If Faithful To Obey Him, They Would Be Great
  Above All Nations
• If Unfaithful, He Would Bring Curses Upon Them
  And Separate Them From the Land --

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Deuteronomy 2815

• But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not
  hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to
  observe to do all his commandments and his
  statutes which I command thee this day that all
  these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake
  thee

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Deuteronomy 2825

• The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before
  thine enemies thou shalt go out one way against
  them, and flee seven ways before them and shalt
  be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Gods Promises Are Fulfilled
• Just Before Entering The Land He Made A Twofold
  Promise
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• Receiving The Land Was Unconditional, But
  Keeping The Land Was Conditional
• The Land Promise Was Fulfilled As Pointed Out
  In Joshua 2143-45

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Joshua 2143-45

• And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land
  which he sware to give unto their fathers and
  they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44 And the
  LORD gave them rest round about, according to all
  that he sware unto their fathers and there stood
  not a man of all their enemies before them the
  LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
  45 There failed not ought of any good thing which
  the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel all
  came to pass.

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Israel Proved To Be A Disobedient People,
  Often Rebelling Against God

• Because Of Sin They Were Often Oppressed By
  Surrounding Nations
• Finally Israel Taken Into Assyrian Captivity And
  Judah Into Babylonian Captivity
• A Small Remnant Stayed Behind (Isa. 19)
• But Were Destroyed As A Power And Driven From
  The Land God Had Given Them

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Gods Chosen Nation

• God Also Promised, If They Repented And Turned To
  Him, He Would Return Them To The Land And Make
  Them Great Again -

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Deuteronomy 301-3

• And it shall come to pass, when all these
  things are come upon thee, the blessing and the
  curse, which I have set before thee, and thou
  shalt call them to mind among all the nations,
  whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 2 And
  shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt
  obey his voice according to all that I command
  thee this day, thou and thy children, with all
  thine heart, and with all thy soul 3 That then
  the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and
  have compassion upon thee, and will return and
  gather thee from all the nations, whither the
  LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

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Gods Chosen Nation

• God Also Promised, If They Repented And Turned To
  Him, He Would Return Them To The Land And Make
  Them Great Again
• They Repented And God Brought Some Back Under
  Zerubbable And Ezra To Live In The Land

• They Never Became Great Again And We Shall See
  Why

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Gods Chosen Nation

• By N.T. Times More Jews Lived Outside Palestine
  Than In The Homeland

• As Time Neared For Christs Coming They Had
  Become A Rebellious And Sinful Nation-

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Acts 751-53

• Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and
  ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost as your
  fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets
  have not your fathers persecuted? and they have
  slain them which shewed before of the coming of
  the Just One of whom ye have been now the
  betrayers and murderers 53 Who have received the
  law by the disposition of angels, and have not
  kept it.

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Gods Chosen Nation

• By N.T. Times More Jews Lived Outside Palestine
  Than In The Homeland
• As Time Neared For Christs Coming, They Had
  Become A Rebellious And Sinful Nation
• Rebellion Reached Its Zenith In Crucifixion Of
  Christ

• A National Crime . A National Murder!

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Gods Chosen Nation

• In A.D. 70 Jerusalem And Temple Were Destroyed
  By The Romans

• In A.D. 135 The Jews Were Expelled From
  Jerusalem
• Conclusion
• ALL Biblical Promises And Claims For Nation Of
  Israel Were Fulfilled Nothing Left To Be
  Fulfilled Today Or In The Future

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Gods Chosen Nation

• THUS
• The Jews Do Not Have A God-Given Right To The
  Land Of Palestine Today Based On Biblical
  Promises . They Lost It Because Of Their
  Wickedness

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Modern Day Israel Is Not A Biblical Nation

• Land History Since Romans Of N.T. Time

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Palestine History From N.T.

• Byzantine Empire After Romans -4th Century
• Persians (22 yrs.) in 7th Century
• Moslem Arabs 640-1099 A.D.
• Crusaders 1099- 1291 A.D.
• Moslems Again
• Turks Capture Palestine in 1517
• In WW I Turks Allied With Germany To Try To
  Capture Suez Canal
• In 1917 British Capture Palestine From Turks
  Making It A British Possession

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Creation Of Present Day Israel

• In 1918 League Of Nations Gave Britain Control
  For 30 Years
• Jewish Organizations Plead For Homeland
• On 9-2-47, British Cabinet Approve Palestine As
  National Home For Jews
• On 9-29-47, United Nations Voted To Establish
  Jewish And Arab States

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Creation Of Present Day Israel

• On 5-14-48, David Gen-Gurion Announced The
  Establishment Of The Jewish State Of Palestine
  Called Israel
• President Truman Gave U.S. Recognition
• Next Day, War Broke Out Among The Countries In
  The Area, Resulting In More Land For Israel. Many
  Arabs Forced To Leave Their Homes

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Creation Of Present Day Israel

• In 1956, Israel Fought And Defeated Egypt In
  The Sinai

• June 5 10, 1967, The Six Day War Resulting In
  Israel Taking More Land
• THUS
• Todays Israel Is NO Biblical Nation!!!!

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Biblical vs Modern Israel

• Est. Under Law Of Moses
• Had Kings
• Possessed All Land
• Had Temple For Central Worship
• Priest From Levi
• Animal Sacrifices
• Identifiable Tribes

• Not Under Law Of Moses
• No King
• Possess Only Part
• No Temple For Central Worship
• No Priests
• No Sacrifices
• No Tribal Identity

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Thus Far In Our Search We Have Not Found A
  Nation Today That God Has Chosen To Be HIS

• Our Next Lesson Will Continue The Search For
  Such A Nation
• And, If It Exists Can We Become Citizens Of
  That Nation?

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Gods ChosenNation
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Gods Chosen Nation

• Some Feel It Is America
• Others Feel It Is The Nation Of Islam
• Many People Believe It Is Modern Israel
• Saying God Gave Them The Land
• Premillennial View, Christ Is Coming To Set Up
  Earthly Kingdom In Jerusalem
• Does God NOW Have A Chosen Nation?

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Thus Far In Our Search We Have Not Found A
  Nation Today That God Has Chosen To Be HIS

• It Is Not Old Testament Israel, As God
  Fulfilled His Promise To Them And They Rebelled
  Against His Conditions, Thus Receiving Gods
  Rejection
• Modern Day Israel Has No Biblical Authority To
  Exist As Gods Chosen Nation

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Gods Chosen NationPremillennial View

• Christ Failed To Establish Kingdom The First Time
  And Is Coming Back To Establish An Earthly
  Kingdom
• Israel As A Nation Will Be Converted To Christ
  Upon His Return
• Jews Will Return To Palestine To Receive Promises
  God Made To Abraham
• Repossess Jerusalem Rebuild Temple (Late Great
  Planet Earth, H. Lindsey p.40)

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Gods Chosen NationPremillennial View

• All These Ideas Come From A Literal
  Interpretation Of Figurative Language And The
  Future Fulfillment Of Old Testament Promises

• But, ALL Promises To Abraham Have Been
  Fulfilled
• What Does The Bible Say?

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Gods Chosen NationPremillennial View

• BIBLE TEACHING
• Romans Chapter 10 teaches
• Only Hope Of Salvation Is Through A New Covenant
  As Individuals (vs. 8-13)

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Romans 108-13

• But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even
  in thy mouth, and in thy heart that is, the word
  of faith, which we preach 9 That if thou shalt
  confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
  believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
  from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with
  the heart man believeth unto righteousness and
  with the mouth confession is made unto
  salvation.

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Romans 108-13

• ..For the scripture saith, Whosoever
  believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For
  there is no difference between the Jew and the
  Greek for the same Lord over all is rich unto
  all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall
  call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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Gods Chosen NationPremillennial View

• BIBLE TEACHING
• Romans Chapter 10 teaches
• Only Hope Of Salvation Is Through A New Covenant
  As Individuals (vs. 8-13) Not As A Nation Of
  People

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Gods Chosen NationPremillennial View

• BIBLE TEACHING
• Romans Chapter 11 Shows
• National Salvation Is Not Gods Plan, But
  Salvation Is On An Individual Basis

• Jews Cut Off Because Of Unbelief (vs. 20)

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Romans 1120

• Well because of unbelief they were broken
  off, and thou standest by faith. Be not
  highminded, but fear

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Gods Chosen NationPremillennial View

• BIBLE TEACHING
• Romans Chapter 11 Shows
• National Salvation Is Not Gods Plan, But
  Salvation Is On An Individual Basis
• Jews Cut Off Because Of Unbelief (vs. 20)
• Each Can Return, if continue not in their
  unbelief (vs. 23-24)

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Romans 1123-24

• And they also, if they do not continue in
  unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to
  graft them in again.24 For if you were cut out of
  the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were
  grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated
  olive tree, how much more will these, who are
  natural branches, be grafted into their own olive
  tree?

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Gods Chosen NationPremillennial View

• BIBLE TEACHING
• Jew And Gentile Must Both Obey God To Receive His
  Goodness --

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Acts 1034-35

• Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a
  truth I perceive that God is no respecter of
  persons 35 But in every nation he that feareth
  him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with
  him.

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Romans 116

• For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ
  for it is the power of God unto salvation to
  every one that believeth to the Jew first, and
  also to the Greek.

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Gods Chosen NationPremillennial View

• BIBLE TEACHING
• Jew And Gentile Must Both Obey God To Receive His
  Goodness
• No Scripture Teaching Jesus Will Set Foot On
  Earth Again To Rule An Earthly Kingdom -

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I Thessalonians 416-17

• For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
  with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
  and with the trump of God and the dead in Christ
  shall rise first 17 Then we which are alive and
  remain shall be caught up together with them in
  the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so
  shall we ever be with the Lord.

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Gods Chosen NationPremillennial View

• BIBLE TEACHING
• Jew And Gentile Must Both Obey God To Receive His
  Goodness
• No Scripture Teaching Jesus Will Set Foot On
  Earth Again To Rule An Earthly Kingdom
• His Kingdom Is Spiritual In Nature And He NOW
  Rules In Heaven -

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Colossians 113

• Who hath delivered us from the power of
  darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom
  of his dear Son

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Gods Chosen NationGods Israel Today

• Not Gods Intention To Limit Salvation For All
  Time To Fleshly Descendants Of Abraham

• Jews Did Not Understand This
• Causing Them To Misunderstand Their Place In
  Gods Eternal Purpose

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Gods Chosen NationGods Israel Today

• There Is A NEW Israel!!

Galatians 615-16 For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything,
but a new creation. 16 And as many as walk
according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon
them, and upon the Israel of God.
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Gods Chosen NationGods Israel Today

• There Is A NEW Israel
• A Different People Under A New Covenant

• Composed Of People Of Every Race -

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Romans 924-26

• even us whom He called, not of the Jews only,
  but also of the Gentiles? 25 As He says also in
  Hosea I will call them My people, who were not
  My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved.
  26 And it shall come to pass in the place where
  it was said to them, You are not My people,
  There they shall be called sons of the living
  God.

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Gods Chosen NationGods Israel Today

• There Is A NEW Israel
• A Different People Under A New Covenant
• Composed Of People Of Every Race
• For This To Be Possible A Change Was Needed In
  Becoming Gods Child

• O.T. Israel Born A Citizen No Choice
• NOW, Obeying Gospel Makes One A Citizen -- Must
  Choose To Be A Citizen

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Gods Chosen NationGods Israel Today

• True sons of Abraham Are Such By Obedient
  Faith -

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Galatians 326-29

• For you are all sons of God through faith in
  Christ Jesus.27 For as many of you as were
  baptized into Christ have put on Christ.28 There
  is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave
  nor free, there is neither male nor female for
  you are all one in Christ Jesus.29 And if you are
  Christs, then you are Abrahams seed, and heirs
  according to the promise.

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Gods Chosen NationGods Israel Today

• True sons of Abraham Are Such By Obedient
  Faith (Gal. 326-29)
• Thus, Abrahams Seed Today Are Those In Christ
  --- Christians!

• Spiritual Israel, Composed Of Anyone,
  Regardless Of Fleshly Decent, Who Has Become
  Obedient To The Faith In Christ

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Gods Chosen NationGods Israel Today

• Why A Successful Nation?

• Jews Failed Because They Forgot Who They Were And
  Gods Purpose For Them
• Before Captivity, They Forgot They Were To Be
  Separate And Distinct From Other Nations Wanted
  To Be Like Others
• After Captivity, Forgot To Be Humble, Thinking
  Too Much Of Themselves -

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Romans 101-3

• Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God
  for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I
  bear them record that they have a zeal of God,
  but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being
  ignorant of Gods righteousness, and going about
  to establish their own righteousness, have not
  submitted themselves unto the righteousness of
  God.

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Gods Chosen NationGods Israel Today

• True sons of Abraham Are Such By Obedient
  Faith (Gal. 326-29)
• Thus, Abrahams Seed Today Are Those In Christ
  --- Christians!
• Spiritual Israel, Composed Of Anyone, Regardless
  Of Fleshly Decent, Who Has Become Obedient To The
  Faith In Christ

• They Are A Chosen People Because Of Gods
  Grace Not Because They Earned It

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Gods Chosen NationGods Israel Today

• Why A Successful Nation?
• Spiritual Israel Succeeded Because They
• Realized Who They Were

• Understood Gods Purpose For Them
• Giving Purpose And Meaning To Lives
• Produced A Strong Sense Of Being True Children
  Of God
• Realized Their Purpose Was To Serve Him
  Faithfully

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Is Not Fleshly Israel Of O.T., Modern Day
  Israel, United States, Or Islam

• BUT, It Is Gods Spiritual Israel The Church,
  The Kingdom Of Christ -

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I Peter 29

• 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

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Is Not Fleshly Israel Of O.T., Modern Day
  Israel, United States, Or Islam

• BUT, It Is Gods Spiritual Israel The Church,
  The Kingdom Of Christ -
• Christians Always Standing On Brink Of Success
  Or Failure

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Gods Chosen Nation

• Our Success Or Failure Will Be Determined By
  Whether Or Not We Remember
• WHO We Are A Special People Peculiar
  ..Transformed .. Holy Nation ..Gods People!
• And, WHAT We Have In Christ Forgiveness Of Sins
  . Providential Care Hope Of Heaven
• To Remember Is To Succeed . The Possibilities
  Are Endless If Faithful
• Are You A Citizen In Gods Chosen Nation?
• It Is Through Christ As God Promised Abram

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