One of my favorite gospel truths is that we are children of God.
Through Christ we are sons, not slaves. We don’t have to beg God for his favor; we boldly come before the throne of grace. We are accepted, adopted, and set free. We see God face to face, and we call him Father.
As children of God:
- God lavishes his love on us (1 John 3:1)
- We have fellowship with the Father ( 1 John 1:3)
- Christ’s blood purifies us from all sin (1 John 1:7)
- The kingdom belongs to us (1 John 1:7)
- We are led by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:4)
- We are heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ (Roans 8:7)
- We live in freedom and glory (Romans 8:21)
- We are clothed with Christ (Galatians 3:26)
- The Spirit lives in our hearts (Galatians 4:6)
- God disciplines us as his sons and daughters Hebrews12:6-8)
- We are not condemned (Romans 8:1)
- We call God “Father” and do not fear him (Romans 8:25; 2 Corinthians 6:18)
- We are destined to be conformed to Christ’s image (Romans 8:29)
- We are rescued from the kingdom of darkness and brought into the kingdom of Jesus, God’s beloved son (Colossians 1:13).
The miracle of the gospel is this: while we were still lost in our sin, God longed to adopt us as sons. Jesus came to seek and save those who were lost–bringing all the children home to the Father. The same God who sees a sparrow fall passionately seeks his children, drawing our hearts to Jesus so all his sons and daughters can come home. Like the father in the parable, God never stops watching the road. And he always runs to welcome his children home.
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Beautiful post!
Thank you!
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