Of whom are you a child?
Aug 14, 2019 15:07:07 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Aug 14, 2019 15:07:07 GMT -5
Of whom are you a child?
Of whom are you a child? The question might seem easy to answer-you are a child of your parents, your dad and your mom who brought you into this world. Of course, we all are, for better or for worse. But there is another parenthood that the Bible mentions, a spiritual parenthood involving two spirit entities, one called God and the the called the Devil. How do we become children of one or the other? Well, the Bible tells us that we become spiritual children of either God or the Devil by the way we choose to behave. If we choose to behave in a way that pleases God by imitating his Son Jesus Christ, then we are considered children of God.
However, if instead we foolishly prefer to behave in a way that imitates God's enemy, Satan the Devil, then we are considered the Devil's spiritual children.
The scriptures cited below which mention this:
1 John 3:10
By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
John 8:44 NIV
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Matthew 13:38
The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one
John 8:38
I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.
So clearly, these two groups of people exist, children of Satan and Children of God, and they are recognizable by their behavior. Genesis 3:16 tells us that there would be enmity between these two groups.
Genesis 3:15 (NIV)n
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
2 Thessalonians 1:9
These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
2 Peter 3:7
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men
In stark contrast, the children of God, or those who choose to do his will because they love righteousness, will gain eternal life in a universe blessed by their heavenly father. Such a universe is described briefly in the scripture cited below.
Revelation 21:4
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."
Isaiah 65:17 NIV
"See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
"See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.