S11E41: Children of God (Agape: The Love of God, pt. 2)

Sermon #602

It's often been said that we are all children of God, every one of us in humanity's fold.  But this simply isn't true.  John's gospel tells us that to those who receive Jesus, who believe on his name, God gave the right to become sons and daughters.  So how can we know if we are truly regenerated, reborn into the family of God, adopted as sons and daughters of God?  It is through our association with God's attributes, especially his righteousness.  Apart from Christ we cannot practice righteousness, but only practice sin.  But once we are adopted, we practice righteousness, though we may still fall to sin.  We wonder if we have lost our salvation because we dip our toes into the pool of unrighteousness, but God's word assures us that it's those who practice lawlessness as a general rule that are lost.

1 John 2:28-3:10

Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on April 14, 2024

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S.D.G.