John 1:12 reads, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power…” [Power here, in the Greek, basically means he is giving you the privilege and the right] “…to become the sons of God, even to them that believe [pisteuo; trust and confidence] on his name [Jesus Christ]: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

Many Christians don’t have a very good understanding of how God perceives us. God sees us differently from the way we see ourselves, and He sees us differently from the way others see us. I thank God for that. It’s like He’s looking at us and we are looking (at ourselves) and they’re two different people! In His eyes, He perceives us as sons, because of what Christ did. That gave us the privilege and right to be Sons of God, after we are truly born again of the Spirit and have had that change of mind about what Christ has done for us.

How do we see ourselves? Usually it is through past experiences. That is how we develop an opinion about ourselves. But that is not what God does. He does not choose to see us through our perspective. He has chosen to see us now through Christ’s perspective, in the present and the future, if we keep our trust and confidence in Christ Jesus. If we do that, He sees us in Christ Jesus now and forever. So, we must put on the shelf how we perceive ourselves and try to understand how God perceives us.

John 1:13, “Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” 

Being truly born again is none of those things. They don’t come into play any longer. How it is done is only through Christ Jesus. God has given us a new opportunity. It is a new day, a new forever.

Now, I am sure in your walk of life you’ve heard people say (and you really don’t have to be a Christian to hear this), “We are all God’s children.” Understand, that is the furthest thing from the truth. Christ came and died for all but that doesn’t make us all God’s children. Something must happen. Only individuals that are born again and have God’s Spirit in them and put their trust and confidence in Jesus Christ (and that has to happen to be born again in the first place) are legitimate children that can say, “I am God’s child now.” That is the privilege and the right. Why does that happen? Because when we become born again, God adopts us as His own.

Galatians 4:4, “But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem [or rescue] them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”

We are no longer slaves of sin and the devil. We are now God’s children. And since we are His children, God has made us His heir.

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