Monday, February 16, 2009

CHRISTIANS ARE THE FAMILY OF GOD

Posted by George Soepboer Sr


Christians are the children of God.
( 1 John 3:1 ).
We become children of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( John 1:12 ).

To be a child of God is a gift from God for all people who open their heart to God and accept the salvation of God through Jesus Christ the Son of God.
( Revelation 22:17 ).

When we are born into a family that lives for God that makes us part of God, for through our Christian father or mother we are part of God.
( 1 Corinthians 7:14 ).

However, that does not make us a child of God, for to be a child of God we must be born into the family of God. We must receive a new live within from God to become a child of God and to become part of the family of God.
( John 3:3-9 ).

We all must be baptized with water to be forgiven of our sins by God, without water baptism there is no forgiveness of our sins by God, therefore we also must baptize our children for they also belong to God when their father or mother live for God.
( Acts 2:37-39 ).

However, water baptism does not give us a new life within from God, for we must receive the Spirit within of God to receive a new life within of God.
( 2 Corinthians 5:17 ).

When we receive a new life from God then we receive the Spirit within of God. It is the Spirit of God that brings new life within us from God and that makes us a child of God.
( Romans 8:15-16 )

When we do not receive that new life within from God then we live outside the family of God.
We must be baptized with water and we must receive the Spirit within of God to become part of the family of God.
( Acts 2:37-38 ).

We also do not know God if we have not received a new life from God. All people know that they must honor and obey God, but only the people who have received the Spirit within of God know God, for then God lives within us by the Spirit of God.
( 2 Corinthians 6:16-17 ).

All people can know God, for all people will receive the Spirit within of God if they humbly open their heart to God and surrender their life to God, and pray to God for the indwelling of the Spirit of God.
( Luke 11:9-13 ).

When we have received that new life within from God then we must live in that new life on this world for God and with God by the Spirit within us of God.
( Romans 8:4-14 ).







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