God's Children!

For Thursday, April 20, 2023:

1 John 2:29 NLT: “Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.”

There’s that phrase again, “Children of God,” just like John 1:12: “To all who believed Jesus and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.” Believers have been forgiven, given a clean slate and a fresh start. Believers are born-again into the Holy Family. “Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” 2 Cor. 5:17

Out of gratitude for what Jesus did for us, believers do their best to do what is right in God’s eyes. Believers follow the Son obediently. If we encounter someone standing up for morality, for God’s value system, odds are that person is a Christian. Being human, we won’t get it right 100% of the time. But we will trend in the direction of instinctively doing what is right in our Father’s eyes.

The children of God have a family resemblance to their Father in heaven. He is righteous, so members of the Holy Family also try to do what is right!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship