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Dear Bros in Christ,

Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his
friend.

Brothers in Christ, this monthly email is sent and meant to be an encouragement to all
and to build up and edify in the Lord Jesus Christ. Oikodome means "Builder". The Lord
has put this on my heart to send out a monthly Iron Man Oikodome {oy-kod-om-
ay'} to build up and encourage the men who love and follow Jesus Christ in their walk
with Him.

Romans 14:19 Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the
things by which one may edify another.
Hebrews 3:13 "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so
that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness."

NOVEMBER 2006

“Something Old and Something New”

Deuteronomy 7:6 "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your
God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples
on the face of the earth.

1Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own
special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light;

Bros, while the Marines might be looking for a few good men, God has already
chosen us as His own special people. While some of us, me included may not be qualified
or good enough for the Marines we are certainly qualified and good enough for God. He
calls us a chosen generation and His own special people, that we might proclaim the
praises of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light; we are a chosen
generation, can you dig that, bros.
Can you believe that God would choose you and me, that is a tough one to
swallow, but it is true, He loves us more than we can understand or comprehend?
Moreover, praise the Lord He chooses us not based on our accomplishments or works,
but in His love, His never-ending mercy and His loving grace towards us. As if that is
not enough then He calls us His own special people. To know that He would declare that
He has a personal intimate love for us to call us His own and look where He called us
from- darkness. I do not know about you but He pulled me out of the outer limits the
twilight zone, the Biblical stranger zone... Now if we are not in darkness anymore that
only means one thing, we are in His marvelous light. No better place to be than walking
with Him in His marvelous light, when we are in His light we will not stumble, so stay to
close to Him bros. We are so special to Him to first be chosen by our heavenly Father
and then to be called His own special people, pulled out of darkness and into His light;
and as His special people He has set His seal of redemption upon us that we may
proclaim the praises of Him. Meaning we are to announce, make known, declare, state
publicly, assert and say publicly those praises of Him… let our hearts rejoice in Him.

These privileges have been transferred to the church, Peter was writing to the church
when he declared these words in 1 Peter 2:9. In Deuteronomy 7:6, this verse was spoken
for Israel. However, Peter is talking to us the church that is you and I when he says,
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own
special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.”
Let us look at this a little closer bros. At the beginning of the verse it says you are
a chosen generation, does this mean God chose us our generation? Yes and every
generation that comes into His Kingdom after us as well. Why because all true Christians
are a chosen generation, we were chosen in Christ and sanctified by His Spirit. We as true
servants of Christ are a royal priesthood sanctified and set apart by Christ. When we have
a relationship with Christ, we are His royal priesthood separated from sin and this world
and consecrated to Him. All Christians wherever we are and live are a holy nation unto
Jesus. We have One thing in common Jesus Christ, we have One head Jesus Christ, we
are following Him and this makes us a holy nation because we are called by Him,
devoted to Him and consecrated to Him.

Have you ever went to another place or country and noticed that no matter where
you go and you meet Christians, it is the same. You immediately have a love and heart for
them and there is this bond, caring, loving nature towards them and closeness that you
just cannot explain in human terms. Well let me explain it in One Word, it is because of
“Jesus” we have this One thing in common which is not common but is the way to say
that we are His own special people, His chosen generation and we have been set apart by
Christ. You see He chose us and sanctified (blessed) us “His own special people” because
He chose us otherwise we could never be a holy nation if He had not chose us and
sanctified us in His Spirit.

So Bros if we are a special people, in fact “His own special People” what are we
to do? We can honor Him, we can serve Him, we can spend time with Him, we can seek
Him, we can obey Him, and we can confess our sins to Him. We can receive forgiveness
of sins in Him only; we can follow Him and chase after Him. We can praise Him, we can
give Him the glory, we can get in His Word, we can pray to Him and in Him, and we can
choose to let Him reign in our hearts and by making that choice, we let Him have His
way in our lives, our thoughts, our words and our actions. His way is the only way. Just
one choice we have to make a choice to let Him reign in our hearts, invite Him in today.
When that choice is made, there is no room for the things of the world or the lust of our
flesh and certainly no room for satan to rule our hearts. But that One thing that is not
common but common in a Holy way to us who are believers and that is Jesus Christ our
Lord and Savior.
Bros today proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness. So many of us
have been delivered out of the slimy pit and what a great place we are in today in His
marvelous light. As we stand firmly and boldly in that marvelous light let us state
publicly, announce, declare, make known, assert and say publicly that Jesus Christ is our
Lord and Savior to this dying world around us. We need to kneel before Christ and ask
Him to take away whatever is keeping us from serving Him and following Him and then
make a stand bros, to stand for Christ against the things of this world. How can we be
afraid if we are His chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special
people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His
marvelous light;
What are we waiting for Bros; let us proclaim the praises of Jesus and live and breathe
for Him today and everyday He gives us.

In our Lord Jesus Christ Love,


Daniel Wright
Iron Man Oikodome
Proverbs 27:17

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