Daily Bread – March 4, 2024 (The Second Day – Genesis 1:6-8) 1 John 3:1 – Look at what amazing love the Father has given to us: that we should be called the children of God! The world does not know us, because it did not know Him. The Amazing Gift Of Sonship Look at how much amazing love the Father has given to us! The Lord has lavished His love upon us by not just redeeming us, but bringing us into sonship. The sonship we have received and function in by the Holy Spirit has made us heirs of God and co-inheritors with Jesus Christ (Romans 8:14-17; Galatians 4:6-7). It is one thing when men call themselves the sons of God – it is altogether a different thing to be called a son of God by God Himself! Our relationship with God cannot be better expressed than what was spoken by Jesus when He said, “But go to my brethren, and say to them, ‘I ascend to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God'” (John 20:17). Although the word for “children” (tekna/τέκνα) is used here instead of “sons” (uioi/υἱοί) as in Galatians 4:6, the same meaning is implied. Although Jesus Christ is the eternal God, He became the only begotten Son of God, and without Him no man or woman can become a child of God. Through Jesus, the Spirit of God comes upon us and changes us, and we become begotten of God, and are made family members to Christ Jesus (Romans 8:29; Hebrews 2:12-14). Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 3/4/2024
