Do u know who u are in CHRIST JESUS?

I AM ACCEPTED (I have acceptance),
I AM SECURE (I have security)and
I AM SIGNIFACANT (I have signifacance)!


"I'M ACCEPTED"

1. I am God's child.
John 1:12


2. I am Christ's friend.
John 15:15


3. I have been justified.
Romans 5:1


4. I am united with the Lord, and I am one spirit with Him.
1 Cor 6:17


5. I have been bought with a price. I belong to God.
1 Cor 6:19-20


6. I am a member of Christ's body.
1 Cor 12:27


7. I am a saint.
Eph. 1:1


8. I have been adopted as God's child.
Eph.1:5


9. I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit.
Eph 2:18


10. I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins.
Col. 1:14


11. I am complete in Christ.
Col. 2:10



"I AM SECURE"

1. I am free forever from condemnation.
Roman 8:1-2


2. I am assured that all things work together for good. To them that love God.
Roman 8:28


3. I am free from any condemning charges against me.
Roman 8:31-34


4. I can not be SEPARATED from the Love of God.
Roman 8:35-39


5. I have been established, anointed and sealed by God.
2 Cor 1:21-22


6. I am hidden with Christ in God.
Col 3:3


7. I am confident that the good work that God has begun in me will be perfected.
Phil.1:6


8. I am a Citizen of Heaven.
Phil.3:20


9. I have not been given the a spirit of fear but of POWER, LOVE AND SOUND MIND.
2 Tim.1:7


10. I can find grace and mercy to help me in time of need.
Heb. 4:16


11. I am born of God and the evil one can not touch me.
1 John 5:18



"I AM SIGNIFICANT"

1. I am the salt and light of the Earth.
Matt. 5:13-14


2. I am a branch of the True Vine, a channel of His life.
John 15:1-5


3. I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.
John 15:16


4. I am a personal witness of Christ.
Act. 1:8


5. I am God's temple.
1 Cor.3:16


6. I am a minister of Reconciliation for God.
2Cor. 5:17-21


7. I am seated with Christ in the Heavenly realm.
Eph. 2:6


8. I am God's workmanship.
Eph 2:10


9. I may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Eph. 3:12


10. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens Me.
Phil.4:13

11. I am god.
Psalm 82:6

i can dig it.


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" i used to be schizophrenic, but now we're doing fine"

It does NOT say that! Which Bible were you reading? You mis translated "Ye" as "I"??? "Ye" means "You"!! See how the Bible gets mis quoted? Read it below. And you, Wronglane, you need to read what said before applauding with what said wrong. You will NEVER find faults with God, NEVER.

Psalms 82

1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.


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IN GOD WE TRUST!

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

actually, the Bible in this passage refers to "Ye" as you, the reader , the believer or what-have-you. so...in that case, its not misinterpreted or mistransalted. therefore, aralia-racemosa is right if we are talkin bout semantics. maybe he took at out of context. but nonetheless, he is right.


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assumption is the mother of all phuck ups!
know thyself!

a couple things.....I have said, is not God said

and Ye are gods is NOT Ye are Gods


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Nahom M. Beyene
University of Texas Alumnus
Stanford University Alumnus
University of Pittsburgh Doctoral Student
http://ras_nahom.homestead.com
http://ESATexas.homestead.com



Listen for knowledge....Observe for intellect....

eth_queen ... thanks for clearing that up for me


curious question ... anybody know what language the book of psalms was originally written in?


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" i used to be schizophrenic, but now we're doing fine"

Thanks ESATboy....Thank God someone here has a sense! G is not capitalized. Eth_Queen, yes, ye means you, but the g in god stated in Psalm 82:6 is in small caps which does NOT refer to the Lord our God, the one God.

You might want to clarify that for Wronglane since he doesn't want to belive me .

To answer WL's question, since David composed the book of Psalms, I am assuming it was originaly written in Hebrew, then translated to Latin, then Ge'ez etc. Anyone else?


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IN GOD WE TRUST!

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

another curious question ... since i don't have a bible close within reach at work ...

how does that above sentence read in the amharic version?


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" i used to be schizophrenic, but now we're doing fine"

That's a good point WL....I never thought of it. Since there is no small and cap letters for verbs in Amharic, I can't wait to see what it reads. I will check it out tonight. I don't have the Amharic Bible here with me. Good question.

...later


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IN GOD WE TRUST!

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

that's cool....follow up on that, but don't forget to come back to the fact that

I have said, is not God said

I take it that God did not speak those words to the people


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Nahom M. Beyene
University of Texas Alumnus
Stanford University Alumnus
University of Pittsburgh Doctoral Student
http://ras_nahom.homestead.com
http://ESATexas.homestead.com



Listen for knowledge....Observe for intellect....

notice that "Ye are gods" is followed by the text above.

children of the most High shows to me that the gods are lesser to the most High

"Arise, O God, " shows me singularity and uniqueness of God. I assume that God is the same as the most High. For God to be equivalent to gods, I would expect that the Bible would have written Gods.

My interpretation of this passage is that "Ye are gods" is meant metaphorically to indicate that we have traits that are of God and that, as is said in following, we die like men. So, I'm seeing this as a lesson on the value of man (mankind) in light of the fate of man (the fate being death). Though death is inevitable, we are still "precious" in a sense.

Any other interpretations? please don't just reply with "I am god!" give me a little bit of reasoning to see how that could be true.


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Nahom M. Beyene
University of Texas Alumnus
Stanford University Alumnus
University of Pittsburgh Doctoral Student
http://ras_nahom.homestead.com
http://ESATexas.homestead.com



Listen for knowledge....Observe for intellect....

WL,

It is kind of challenging writing in the amharic version in English, but here it is...

Mesmuradawit 82:6:
"Anante amalekete nacheu, ulacheum yeleoule legocche natchue alewe." http://www.gospelcom.net/ibs/bibles/amharic/index.php

May be the amplified version of the bible might also give a little more clarification:
"I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High."

Since we are children of God, we are also hiers of God. If we are hiers of God, we are also given certain responsibilities in fulfilling His Kingdom's purpose through the Great Commission:

"Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere." (Mark 16:15)


I hope that helps.

Bethi

The Amharic version that I have states:
"Ene gin; amalket nacheu, ulacheum yeleoule legoche natchue..."

From my understanding, "amalket" would be cults, and or the human leaders that misled their followers, such as the Greek gods at that time....the Zeus, Athena (spelling ?) etc.

ESATboy, God did speak those words, but not to the people instead to the amalket. If you look/read 82:1, it starts by saying "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; He judgeth among the gods....". In Amharic, it states "Egziyabare be amalket mehakel kome, be amalket mekakel yeferdale....".

If you really/carefully read both the Amahric and English version, they both have the same meaning. A sisterly advise though, whenever you read the Bible, pray for a second or so before opening the Book or before you start reading, so that God opens the mind to understand the real/true meaning.

Since I am not 100% sure of the meaning amalket, I will ask the known Deacons & Priests around, and will get back to you.


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IN GOD WE TRUST!

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.