How do we know we are part of God's people?

Believers can recognize their status as God's people through the work of grace in their lives. In Ezekiel 34, the Lord makes it clear that He actively seeks out His sheep, saying, 'I will both search my sheep and seek them out' (Ezekiel 34:11). This divine initiative illustrates that God's choice and calling are not based on human merit but on His sovereign grace. Furthermore, we see in John 10:16 that Christ came to bring together both Jew and Gentile as one flock under one Shepherd. Additionally, the life of faith expressed through love for one another signifies that we have passed from death to life (1 John 3:14). Ultimately, through God's grace and the transformative work of the Holy Spirit, believers come to know not only that the Lord is their God but also that they are His people.