I shake my head in disbelief whenever I hear someone say, "We're all children of God." This incorrect way of thinking gives people the impression that they can still make it into God's kingdom, because God won't really allow anyone to go to hell.
We don't get to call ourselves God's children just because he made us. That privilege ended at the fall of man. Now we become his children by accepting the sacrifice of the cross and living in obedience to his word.
Jesus called those who heard him, and put his words into practice, his mother and brothers
(and sisters). When we live by his word we are his family, we are one family, in one Spirit.
We have the right to call God our father from the moment we accept Jesus Christ as our saviour (see John 1:12-13).
What a blessing to be part of such a family.
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