THE WONDER OF REALLY BEING A CHILD OF GOD!

1 John 3:1-2
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

1 JOHN 3:1-2, IS SOME OF THE MOST ENCOURAGING WORDS FOUND IN OUR BELOVED BIBLE. JOHN THE SON OF THUNDER BRINGS BEFORE OUR MIND THE AWESOME THEME THAT IS OURS IN OUR SAVIOR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!
BEING CALLED A CHILD OF THE ONE TRUE AND LIVING GOD IS MORE THAN JUST A LABEL! IT IS WAY MORE THAN SUBJECTIVE TRUTH, IT IS OBJECTIVE REALTY! WE ARE SONS OF GOD AND JOHN IS DETERMINED FOR BELIEVERS TO MIGHTILY GRASP THIS AWE INSPIRING REALITY. BELOVED, WE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN NOW. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE MIGHT BE OR WHAT WE MIGHT BECOME BUT BLESSED BE OUR GOD WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD RIGHT NOW.

WHO ARE THE ONES WHO CAN LAY CLAIM TO THIS MIGHTY TRUTH? THE APOSTLE PAUL EXPALINS, Galatians 3:7-9, 7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.

Knowing God as our Father is the greatest blessing in the world! In the words of one commentator, “My Brothers and Sisters, if we realized the truth of our own adoption into the family of God, we would never leave off marveling at it” This great provision that our Heavenly Father has lavished upon us should shape and frame how we think and how we walk in this present world!

J.I. Packer in his book entitled knowing God speaks upon the subject with great clarity, “If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he or she makes of the thoughts of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thoughts that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all”

AS WE PONDER SUCH LOVE AND MERCY MAY OUR HEARTS SING WITH
GEORGE W.ROBINSON in his beloved hymn,
Loved with everlasting love,.
Loved with everlasting love, led by grace that love to know;
Gracious Spirit from above, Thou hast taught me it is so!
O this full and perfect peace! O this transport all divine!
In a love which cannot cease, I am His, and He is mine.
In a love which cannot cease, I am His, and He is mine.