Children of God

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by Big Kahuna.

We use the term “child of God” too loosely, in a way that God doesn’t. John says in his Gospel that Jesus’ work on the cross gave us the right to become children of God which implies that without faith in that work we are not children of God. We bear his image by default of creation but that doesn’t mean we are his children, the family resemblance isn’t enough to have it simply in the flesh. We need the new hearts He promised through the prophets and made possible through the giving of the Spirit in order to reveal God to the world. The Spirit doesn’t sanctify our desires in the sense that whatever we now do is sanctified, He sanctifies us by changing what we desire. That process though requires effort on our part, the spiritual disciplines matter. Read the rest of this entry »

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