The Bible teaches that the church of Jesus Christ is made up of people "purchased for God with His blood from every tribe and language and people and nation." (Revelation 5:9)

The Almighty Creator God becomes ‘my God’.

We become ‘his people.’

How is this possible? How can sinners become God’s own people?

Jesus was given that name because ‘he shall save HIS PEOPLE from their sins.’ (Matt. 1:21)

As Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 8:9 You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might become rich.

Jesus gave up all that he owned as God to become man. He was born in very poor surroundings. Born in a stable, and laid in an animal feeding box. No lovingly knitted baby clothes, he was wrapped in strips of cloth.

The family relationship with his heavenly Father was broken as he took our sin on himself. Jesus cried out from the cross, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’

Even forsaken on the cross he called his Father, ‘my God.’

As he died, he said, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’

He had no tomb prepared. His body was laid in a tomb a rich man had prepared for himself.

The Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, had nothing when he died.

He had given everything for the salvation of those he calls ‘my people.’

The result of Jesus’ perfect obedience, even to death on the cross, is that he saved his people from their sins.

He rose from the dead, and opened the way to heaven for his people.

We who believe in Jesus as ‘my Saviour’ now have eternal life.

We have many things that even death cannot take away from us.

We have eternal life. We have Jesus as ‘my Saviour.’ We have treasure kept for us in glory. We have peace with God, sins forgiven, and a joyful relationship with Jesus.