1 John 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
A teaching from the world, and sadly from pulpits, is that we are all God's children. But this is a false teaching. The scriptures tell us that we are all God's creation, but not all God's children. Even Jesus told the Pharisees, which were religious leaders during His day, that they were not God's children...
John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He
was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because
there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
In order for us to be a child of God we must be born into His family. In John 3:3, He tells us that we must be born of water and the spirit. Water speaking of our natural birth in the womb and spirit speaking of our salvation birth through the working of God's Grace.
So if you have established today that you are a child of God because of your new birth, then I ask you this... Are you acting just like your daddy? Do you treat others with love, Grace and mercy? Would your dad be proud of you for being his child?
If you have established that you are not His child, but his creation. What keeps you today from knowing Him as Savior? What is it that stops you from receiving that new birth into the family of God today, right now?
Who are you today? Child or Creation? Of your Father God, or your father the devil? Who do you act like?
