Study8A...At the time of Malachi’’s prophecy there were only a few, a small remnant, who were God’’s jewels. The majority were just like common stones. Are you part of the “remnant”?

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Study 5A JEWELS
CALLED BY A NEW NAME

Scripture Portion: Malachi 3: 7-18 (KJV)
In Revelation 21:19-22 the Lord tells us that the heavenly city is ablaze with jewels; and in Malachi 3:17 (KJV) the Lord speaks of His people as His jewels. Are you one of the Lord’’s jewels? The dictionary defines a jewel as – – “a precious stone, or anything or anyone highly valued.”” This leads to our first point:-
1 . The Lord has a company of people He calls His Jewels because they are very precious to Him.

Malachi 3:17 (NIV) translates ‘’jewels’’ as ““treasured possession””; so the Lord has a people who are a treasured possession to Him. Who are these highly valued ones? Every Christian, everyone who is born again, is a treasured one, so what amazing grace that the Lord should make us His jewels and should tell us we are very precious to Him! Why are we so precious?

(1) Like jewels, we are God’’s creation. No man can make a jewel; no chemist has ever been able to make a diamond, a sapphire or a ruby. These are the amazing productions of our Creator –- and so is the Christian –- God’’s creation from beginning to end (2 Corinthians 5:17). Of course, there are imitation jewels, not the genuine article, and there are Christians that are only so-called: they are not real Christians at all.
(2) Like jewels, we are a very rare people. Why is it that jewels are so rare? If you could dig up diamonds in your garden they would no longer be precious. We have to remember that there are comparatively few who love the Lord and who are keen to follow His ways. Notice Jesus’’ words in Matthew 7:13-14 and compare Luke 12:32. At the time of Malachi’’s prophecy there were only a few, a small remnant, who were God’’s jewels. The majority were just like common stones. Are you part of the “remnant”?
(3) Like jewels, we are very beautiful –- not beautiful in ourselves, but God has crowned us with His salvation (Psalm 149:4). He has placed within us His own divine life, and we have been filled with heavenly brilliance.
(4) Like jewels, we are very varied –- in size, shape, colour and texture. So are Christians! Some Christians are like diamonds, some like sapphires, some like emeralds, while others are like pearls. We are not all alike. We were all made in the same laboratory (Ephesians 2:10), but we all show the divine life in different ways.
(5) Like jewels, we are precious because of our value. Some jewels are worth a fortune – but think of the cost of redemption (1 Peter 1:18-19)! No money could redeem us, for only “the precious blood of Christ” could do that

See you in the concluding part of this study,before then ,consider this statement

 There are imitation jewels, not the genuine article, and there are Christians that are only so-called: they are not real Christians at all.

Are you not part of imitation jewels? A shaft,A tear....(Matthew 13:47)


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