Sept 23, 2024 … WE Belong To God’s Family

Sept 23, 2024 … WE Belong To God’s Family

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... </b>  

… Please take time too hear Bill Gaither, with music and lyrics, singing The Family of God,  of how all who express faith in Jesus as Messiah and Lord become part of the family of God. 

The Family of God 

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Highlight Passage: … Ephesians 2:19 [NLT] … 

19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.  

… The Apostle Paul teaches that all Gentiles and Jews alike are no longer aliens or outsiders but become part of God’s family by their (our) faith in Christ as Messiah and Lord.            

    

Highlight Passage (in context): …  Ephesians 2:8-13, 17:22 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…The Apostle Paul teaches Gentiles how they are adopted  into God’s family by their faith in Jesus as Messiah and Lord.  .                                                                                                          

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Reference Passage: … Joshua 24:15 … [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Joshua declares that all can or will choose whom they (we) will served; … but he gives witness that he and his family will join to serve The Lord.   

Reference Passage: …  John 1:12-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John teaches that God accepts any/all who believe in Jesus as The Messiah to become part of the family of God.                       

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:5 [NLT] …  USE THIS Link …   

… The Apostle Paul shows that in Christ we all become part of one body, … the body of Christ. 

Reference Passage: …Galatians 3:26  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

…Paul again shows that all who believe in Christ are a part of the family of God.   

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 2:11  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

…  The Author of Hebrews shows that all who have faith in Jesus, as Lord, can call each other “brother and sister” in the family of God.   

Reference Passage: … 1John 3:1-2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

…  John teaches that we become God’s children when we come to Him as our Heavenly Father, believing in Christ as our Messiah and Lord.          

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Dave Brannon  AT THIS LINK  -  tells of a young woman whose family had emigrated from a war-torn country where her family hand been labeled as “ALIENS” especially a the girl and her family had been in refugee camps.  And it was not until the girl and her family became Christians and realized the truth that she and her family were born-again Christians, … that they were part of the family of God (see photo) and that they would never be an “alien” again.   

And I’m praying here today that all who read with me here today KNOW that - in our faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior -  we are brothers and sisters in the family of God; and we all will one day spend eternity TOGETHER as the family of God.           

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for calling me to be in Your Family, Lord.      

My Prayer Today:  Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will join me to serve You, Lord, in Your family … today and tomorrow.     …  Amen

 

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