Presently, we have only limited knowledge of what it means to be children of God: “We are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. All that God has given to His Son in the kingdom belongs to us as His children, as well. We become a child of God and co-heir with Christ of everything in God’s kingdom for all eternity (Ephesians 1:13–14 Romans 8:14–17). When we hear the gospel message, repent and confess our sins, and believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, at that moment we are born into God’s family. Jesus taught that only the children of God experience new birth and the opportunity to see the kingdom of God (John 3:3). They are reborn-not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God” (John 1:12–13, NLT see also Galatians 3:26 1 John 5:1). We become God’s children through faith in Jesus Christ, which results in spiritual rebirth: “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

This extravagant outpouring of our heavenly Father’s love made the apostle John marvel: “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1).īeing children of God means we have been born into God’s family. It is God’s great love that takes the initiative to make us the children of God.

Who we are as christians