Child of God, Here’s the Proof You are a Loved & Legitimate Family Member!
| Child of God Reality | Scripture Reference |
| This is a right given all humanity, but can only be received by faith in Jesus. | John 1:12- But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: |
| You were once Jew, or Gentile [or a Samaritan mix] coming from different families, but now you’re in one family – God’s. | John 11:51-52 … but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one, the children of God who were scattered abroad. |
| The Father has called you His child because He loves you. | 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. |
| The Holy Spirit testifies you are His child. | Romans 8:16 - The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, |
| You are a recipient of freedom. | Romans 8:21 … the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. |
| As God’s little child it’s possible to overcome the ‘bullies’ in life because of ‘Christ in you.’ | 1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. |
| You are empowered to live a blameless & harmless life by the same faith in Jesus which saved you. Through faith in Him you will serve God becoming a light, shining in the darkness. | Philippians 2:13-15 … for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, |
| You are permanently brought into the family. Adopted children could never be disowned, only children by blood. [This is why the Father could punish His Son for the sins of the entire world!] | Galatians 4:4-5 - But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. |
| You can’t be disinherited from any of this because you have been given the same inheritance as the resurrected Jesus Christ. | Romans 8:17 - and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. |
| There is a day that your body will catch up with your spirit. | 1 John 3:2 - Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. |
Let these verses sink deeper by reading the chart to yourself, replacing each ‘you’ and ‘your’ in the Reality column with your own name. If you find yourself doubting any of this, I recommend two options.
As for they whom you love and also hate, control your anger. Careful, I say to you. Hate that which is against God...do not hate them who were created by God. For He is rich in mercy and forgiveness. ~ Jesus [Letters from God and His Christ - Volume1 - The Servants of God Have Been Sent Out to Blow Their Trumpets to the Nations...Hear Them for the Spirit Dwells Within Them]
