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Virtuous Identity
-Relating to the World-
God uses scripture to teach his people how they must identify in the faith.
This list of virtues directs the believer's heart and mind toward adopting
the identities relevant to their relationship with the world.
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Deuteronomy 14:2 KJV - "For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth."
Deuteronomy 26:18 KJV - "And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;"
Titus 2:14 KJV - "Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."
1 Peter 2:9 KJV - "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:"
Exodus 19:5 KJV - "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:"
Psalm 135:4 KJV - "For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure."
Peculiar - People/Treasure
Matthew 5:13 KJV - "Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men."
Mark 9:49 KJV - "For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt."
Strong’s Greek 217: salt; figuratively prudence
Prudence involves self-discipline in the use of discernment and careful judgment in decision making. (i.e. knowing when something said will only result in conflict)
Salt
Romans 15:16 KJV - "That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost."
1 Corinthians 6:11 KJV - "And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
Hebrews 10:9-10 KJV - "9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."
Sanctified
1 Corinthians 7:32 KJV - "But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:"
1 Corinthians 7:34 KJV - "There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband."