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To be a child of God means our old sin nature is replaced with a nature that wants to please the Lord. We still sin (1 John 1:8), but we have “an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ the righteous” (1 John 2:1).
See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Galatians 3:7
John 1:12-13 ESV / 3 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
The implications are life-changing. The apostle John writes, “See how much the Father loves us, we are called children of God!” (1 John 3:1). The term “child of God” gets thrown around in religious circles and pop culture.
5 Truths to Embrace about Your Identity as a Child of God. You were designed to represent God and act on his behalf in this world. You were created to display God's character and nature to the world in desperate need of him. Aubrey Sampson. Pastor, Author, Podcast Cohost. Updated Jan 22, 2024.
Abiding in God is a key concept in understanding the privileges and duties of being a child of God. According to the Bible, those who believe in Jesus Christ are not just adopted into God’s family, they are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, with this union taking place at the new birth.
So we turn to verses 12 and 13 for the all-important answer to the question: How do you become a child of God? What would have to happen this morning to make you a child of God? And if you are a child of God, do you understand how you became one? Can you lead another person into the Father's family? Two Conditions to Becoming a Child of God
4. Fruit-bearing Life. Now, consider a healthy apple tree; it doesn’t labor to give off apples. Rather, it bears in season as a natural product of being an apple tree. Likewise, when we understand who is a child of God, the bearing of spiritual fruit is less about striving and more about abiding.
Children resemble their parents. It might be astonishing at first to realize that living the Gospel makes us like the Father, but this is what it means to be a child of God.
3 The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and we have not yet been shown what we will be in the future.