Chosen people
Throughout history, various groups of people have considered themselves to be chosen people by a deity for a purpose, such as to act as the deity's agent on earth. In monotheistic faiths, like Abrahamic religions, references to God are used in constructs such as "God's Chosen People". Anthropologists commonly regard these claims as a form of ethnocentrism, and many religious authorities disagree.
Judaism
In Judaism, "chosenness" is the belief that the Jews, via descent from the ancient Israelites, are the chosen people, i.e. chosen to be in a covenant with God. The idea of the Israelites being chosen by God is found most directly in the Book of Deuteronomy as the verb bahar (בָּחַ֣ר (Hebrew)), and is alluded to elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible using other terms such as "holy people". Much is written about these topics in rabbinic literature. The three largest Jewish denominations— Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism—maintain the belief that the Jews have been chosen by God for a purpose. Sometimes this choice is seen as charging the Jewish people with a specific mission — to be a light unto the nations, and to exemplify the covenant with God as described in the Torah.
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by Zechariah Maxime
God's People
by: Zechariah MaximeVerse 1
There are people
All over the world
Who don't know the way to Christ
Let us walk in love
And show them
The light that we have (Oh Yeah)
Jesus came that we might have life
And have it more abundantly
So let's stand up
Fight the Good fight of faith
And make Jesus be pleased
Chorus
We are We are God's people
We're gonna go around the world preaching the Gospel
We are We are God's children
We're gonna shine our light
And make the whole world see us
We're gonna make the whole world see us
We are God's people
Verse 2
Living by the word of God
This is our daily bread
Reading his word and
Praying to him
Was the sign that we should go ahead (we can)
Get on our knees
Put on the armour of God to
Go against the wiles of the enemy
We were lost but now we're found
We have the gift of being free
Chorus
We are We are God's people
We're gonna go around the world preaching the Gospel
We are We are God's children
We're gonna shine our light
And make the whole world see us
We're gonna make the whole world see us
We are God's people
Get on our knees
On our feet
Christian Soldiers
We are fit
Ready to go
Preach the word
All over the world
Don't you know what you can do
If you have faith in you
Let us go around the world
Spreading, spreading, spreading God's word
Chorus
We are We are God's people
We're gonna go around the world preaching the Gospel
We are We are God's children
We're gonna shine our light
And make the whole world see us
We're gonna make the whole world see us
We are God's people
Yes we are yes we are yes we are yes we are yes we are
Yes we are yes we are yes we are yes we are yes we are
Yes we are yes we are yes we are yes we are yes we are
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