Children of God
The apostle John makes this statement to Christians,
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him” 1 John 3:1
John makes the significant statement here, he calls believers in Jesus “children of God”
This is a statement John makes in his Gospel talking about Jesus he states,
“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” John 1:12,13.
John also makes it clear in his gospel who he believes Jesus to be stating,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men....
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1-4,14
John believed Jesus to be God incarnate, the creator of the world. He also makes it clear that all who believe in Jesus
“...he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”
I know non-Christians do not believe this. They do not understand how we as mere mortals can be called children of God. That however is I believe, because they do not know or understand the true nature of Jesus. That Jesus is indeed God and with God all things are possible.
Please think about it.
The apostle John makes this statement to Christians,
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him” 1 John 3:1
John makes the significant statement here, he calls believers in Jesus “children of God”
This is a statement John makes in his Gospel talking about Jesus he states,
“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” John 1:12,13.
John also makes it clear in his gospel who he believes Jesus to be stating,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men....
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1-4,14
John believed Jesus to be God incarnate, the creator of the world. He also makes it clear that all who believe in Jesus
“...he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”
I know non-Christians do not believe this. They do not understand how we as mere mortals can be called children of God. That however is I believe, because they do not know or understand the true nature of Jesus. That Jesus is indeed God and with God all things are possible.
Please think about it.
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