Only a few accept the right to become children of God.
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Transcript Only a few accept the right to become children of God.
God has adopted us as His children.
“When the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth
His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem
those who were under the law, that we might receive the
adoption as sons” (Gal 4:4-5).
God has “predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus
Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His
will” (Eph 1:5).
Only a few accept the
right to become
children of God.
John 1:10-13
The World
Israel
Us
Jesus “was in the world.”
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (Jn 1:14).
“The world was made through Him.”
“By Him all things were created that are in heaven and that
are on earth” (Col 1:16).
“He came to His own.”
“I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of
Israel” (Matt 15:24).
Only a few accept the
right to become
children of God.
If you are not a child of God, you need to be born of
God.
“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God” (Jn 3:3).
“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water
and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (Jn
3:5).
“But John doesn’t connect being born of God with
baptism!”
With the this morning’s narrow text, that is true.
But Jesus does--He speaks about being born of “water and
the Spirit.”
“According to His mercy He saved us, through the washing
of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit” (Titus 3:5).
There’s another text we’ll mention later.
Being born of God means that I am part of a family.
God is my Father.
I can pray to Him.
“Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name” (Matt 6:9).
He will bless me with what is best (according to His will).
Matt 7:7-11.
Jesus is my brother.
“Both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are
all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them
brethren” (Heb 2:11).
We are brethren.
That speaks of our love for one another: 1 Pet 1:22-23.
Being born of God means that I need to live differently.
Rom 6:1-4.
Let us live the life that comes from above!