Thursday, December 16, 2021

December 16, 2021 … I’m His Son!! …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 350 


Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in a song and lyrics from the group Avalon singing … Orphans of God … poignantly singing of how we, as disciples of Christ,  become sons and daughters of God.  


Being part of the family of God ... 


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Highlight Passage: … Galatians 3:26  [NLT] …   

26 For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 

… The Apostle declares the reality of faith in Christ’s finished work on the cross, make us all children of God and part of the family of God.                                   

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Galatians 3:25-4:7 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians that when we are born-again by faith in Christ we become part of the family of God and thus heirs to the throne of King Jesus.                            

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Reference Passage: … John 1:12 [NLT] …  

12 But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God.  

… God, thru John, assures us that if we truly believe in Christ’s finished work on the cross, we become children of God.   


Reference Passage: … Romans 8:14-17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ... 

… Paul clearly teaches God’s truth that any/all who surrender in faith to Christ become children of God and heirs to His throne of grace. 


Reference Passage: … 1John 4:15 [NLT] …  

15 All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.  

… God, thru John, declares strongly that all who are in Christ, by faith, have the Spirit of God living within.     

      

My Devotional JournalToday's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon, AT THIS LINK  relates a story of the son of a mixed-race father being questioned by an ice-cream store attendant, who asked the boy, “What are you?”  The racist question angered the father, who had encountered such in the past.  But the dad paused briefly and prayed for the man.       

 

And the ODB entry today raises the question for all who read the entry, … asking us WHO WE ARE in Christ !!  And I pray that all reading with me here can say strongly - and assertively - that we are children of God thru our faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross for all who believe on Him.  Because if we have surrendered to our Lord in repentance and faith, we are now God’s children; … yes, even heirs to God’s throne of grace with all the rights and privileges which come in family of God.                        


My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for being my Abba Father today and forever.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to declare openly that we are part of Your family, dear God!   … Amen


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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

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