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John, chapter 1, verses 12 and 13, but to all who did receive him, who believed in his name,

he gave the right to become children of God, who were born not of blood,

nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. I am just as I read this verse

in a fresh way, almost like it's first time in thinking about it, the reality that in

Christ, for all who receive Christ, who believe in his name, we are children of God,

or born spiritually, not of blood, or the will of the flesh, or the will of man, but born of God,

and makes me think about my favorite quote, well, one of my favorite quotes from one of my

favorite books by J.I. Packer Knowing God. And in that book, he's got an incredible chapter

on adoption, and he says, what is a Christian? The richest answer I know is that a Christian is

one who has God as Father. If you want to know how well a person understands Christianity,

Packer writes, find out how much he or she makes of the thought of being God's child,

and having God as Father. If this is not the thought, the prompts, and controls,

their worship, and prayers, and their whole outlook on life, it means they do not understand

Christianity very well at all. Is this what prompts and controls your praying and your worshiping,

and your whole outlook on life? The fact that you are God's child, that he is your Father? Oh,

rest in this reality today. Be reminded of this glorious truth for all who believe in Jesus.

You know God as Father. You have the right to come to God today as his child, as his son,

as his daughter. So pray and worship and live out of the overflow of this God. We praise you as

our Father, our Father in heaven. All glory be to your name for giving us new life, for causing

us by your spirit to be born again, that we might be your children. Even as I think about this

last week and our church family, and we're just talking about our from so many different places in

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