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The Children of Faith or The Children of Unbelief.
All of us are born into sin. Now since we all do sin, we are all children of the devil before we come to Christ and this is because we followed him into sin. The devil was the first one to sin in all of creation.
The devil existed before man did. He is the one who tempted Adam and Eve to sin in the garden of Eden. Since we willingly chose to sin along with Adam and disobey God in the garden of Eden
this act made us a child of the devil which is why we now need to be reborn through being born again by faith in Christ to become a child of God. The Bible says when one is born again spiritually,
they are born of God (John 3:3-7) (1 John 5:1, 4) (John 1:12-13) (1 Peter 1:23). This is an amazing revelation of The Spirit of God. The revelation is this: Everyone needs to be born again because everyone now needs to be born of God! Wow amazing!
If you are not born again you are not born of God. You are one who is born of the flesh and by the will of the flesh but not born from above from The Spirit. So,
because of this you will remain just a creation of God who is a child of the devil who followed him into sin and unbelief.
There is The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ and there is the father of all lies whose children follow him by rejecting Christ.
There is, the children of God and there is, the children of the devil.
There is, the children of faith and there is, the children of unbelief.
God The Father is The Father of the children of faith through our faith in Christ.
For the Bible says those led by the Spirit of God these are the sons of God (Romans 8:14). The Bible says if you have The Spirit of Christ you are his.
The bible teaches us that everyone who believes in Christ is a child of God (Galatians 3:26) (John 1:12) (1 John 5:1) (Romans 8:29).
The father of all lies is the father of the children of unbelief.
This is the spirit at work in the sons of disobedience (Ephesians 2:1-3). The Bible says If you don’t have The Spirit of Christ, you’re none of his (Romans 8:9). This means If you don’t have The Spirit of Christ you are not saved and are one who remains a child of unbelief and a child of the devil (John 8:44) (1 John 3:10-24) (1 John 5:19).
Jesus Christ is the very foundation for every true believer in Him. Every true believer stands on, relies on, rests on Christ, who is the Chief Cornerstone.
We believers are found in Christ and we are founded on Christ Himself. Yes, Christ Jesus himself is the believers Chief Cornerstone (1 Peter 2:4-8) (Acts 4:10-12) (Ephesians 2:19-22) (Isaiah 28:16) (Romans 9:33) (Psalm 118:22).
Unbelievers are lost without Christ and their foundation is founded on lies and unbelief in The Son of God which is tragically sort of speak spiritual suicide and spiritual quicksand. This means they are currently standing on a sinking unstable foundation that cannot stand because they are not founded on Christ.
No one who does not currently believe in Christ is a child of God. Until they come to Christ, they will remain a child of unbelief which is a child of the devil. All of us are born into sin and we all now need to come to God the same way and that is through the way of faith in The Unique person of Gods Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ. These are all true biblical facts of scripture that you must understand.
Is everyone a child of God as some people falsely proclaim? If that is true how then can a child of God die in their sins and go to hell? Does God send his children to hell? The answer is a resounding no he does not.
If a person ultimately dies without believing in Christ (that is trusting on Him alone for their salvation) they will die in their unbelief state and this is dying in your sins. The Bible clearly teaches that if you die in this unbelief state you will go to hell for their unbelief in The Holy Son of God. People who go to hell are not going to hell because of a particular sin sort of speak the people who go to hell are there because that have ultimately refused to genuinely believe in Jesus The Only Begotten Son of God. Everyone in hell is there because of their genuine unbelief in The Savior Jesus. And likewise, everyone who goes to heaven is not there because of any good thing that they have done. Everyone who goes to heaven will be there only because they genuinely believed On Christ and trusted him alone for their salvation. Your works does not send you to hell and your works don’t send you to heaven. This is because no one is saved or lost because of their works. Works or good deeds has nothing to do in one’s salvation or eternal condemnation.
Pontius Pilate asked Jesus in John 18:37 art thou a king then? Look below and let’s read Jesus’ response…
John 18:37 (KJV)
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world,
that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Jesus said those who are of the truth heareth his voice (John 18:37).
Sheep or Goat
Jesus said my sheep know and hear my voice. They obey and follow me their Good and Great Shepherd. He said I know them, and they know me (John 10:1-15, 27-30).
So, let’s put this all together if you are of the truth you will come to the truth who is Jesus. For He Jesus Himself is the embodiment of all truth. This means truth itself is in the very person of Jesus.
Jesus said (John 14:6) I am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father but by me.
So if you are of the truth and if you are one of his sheep you will hear him your Good and Great Shepherd calling you to believe in Him and follow Him.
The Bible clearly teaches us that there are sheep and goats in this world. This is how we are separated we are either a sheep or a goat. Meaning everyone is placed into these two separate categories (Matthew 25:31-46).
The sheep are God’s children of faith who believe in Gods Son Jesus, and the goats are the children of unbelief who follow their father of all lies into sin and unbelief in The Savior (John 8:44).
The sheep bring glory to God By believing in His Son Jesus and the goats have ultimately failed to bring glory to God By their refusal to believe in the name of God’s Only Begotten Son Jesus (John 8:24).
Jesus clearly said, “If you do not believe in The One that I claim to be you will indeed die in your sins (John 8:24).”
The Bible is clear that we have a major problem and this problem is called sin (Jeremiah 17:9) (Psalm 51:5). The Bible clearly teaches us that it has infected our entire whole being. The Bible clearly teaches us that no one is righteous in it of themselves. Yes,
the Bible says there is no one righteous not one righteous person on this entire earth (Romans 3:10). Everyone needs to be born again to be born of God (John 3:3-7).
Everyone now must have the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ to enter heaven. Without the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ imputed unto you and credited to your spiritual account you will never get into heaven. We need His righteousness!
There is God The Father who is The Father of all those who believe in Christ and there is the father of all lies who is the father of all those who reject Christ.
You must choose whose side you’re going to be on. And you must choose whom you’re going to believe in. Jesus said you are either with me or against me (Matthew 12:30).
Choose well people of the world for your whole eternity depends on it. You will spend eternity in one of two places heaven or hell this is a fact of scripture and not my opinion (Luke 16:19-31).
My opinion means absolutely nothing nor does the opinion of others who don’t believe God and take him at his word. In other words what I’m telling you is this: God’s Word On the other hand means absolutely everything!
This is because the Bible says that it is impossible for God to lie (Hebrews 6:18)! What this means is, God will see to it that every word written in His Scripture will come to pass (Matthew 5:18) (2 Peter 3:9)!
Are you going to trust God or are you going to trust man’s opinion?
What separates this whole world right down the middle is those who have faith in Jesus and unbelievers in Jesus. God The Father is The Father of only those who believe in His Son Jesus Christ. And the father of all lies is the father of all those who don’t believe in Gods Son Jesus Christ. When one genuinely believes On Christ this very act brings great glory to God. This person is affirming that God is true and that they believe God indeed Sent His Son Jesus into this world to be our One and only Savior to save us from our sins. However, when one ultimately rejects Jesus knowingly or unknowingly, they are calling God a liar (1 John 5:10-12) and are saying to God you did not send your Son unto us and so we will not believe in Him. Or worse they are saying we do believe you sent your Son Jesus to be our One and only Savior we’re just choosing by our own free will to reject The One you sent unto us. Either way whether it’s calling God a liar, Or whether is known deliberate rejection of The Holy Son of God by them ultimately choosing to reject Christ they have ultimately failed to bring glory to their Creator and Savior. In other words, people go to hell because in rejecting Christ they have ultimately failed in bringing glory to God. Let’s think of this logically and soberly for a moment. Do you really think God is going to allow you to get away with rejecting His Only Son whom he sent unto you in this world to be Our One and Only Savior? Do you really think God is going to be like yeah, I know you rejected My Son Jesus but I’m going to allow you into my heaven anyway? Of course not! You see the problem comes with people falsely believing that God will save them based on them living a good life, being a good person, or doing many good deeds. This has absolutely nothing to do with your salvation and you going to heaven. Heaven is about and is centered on Christ Gods Holy Son. Your good deeds and or works has nothing to do with it. Besides all this the Bible says all your good works are as filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). This is because you are tainted with sin. You can do one good deed one moment and then sin in the very next 30 minutes.
Do not trust in yourself nor in your good works for your salvation trust in Jesus The Savior alone to save you and He will do just that. The question you must ask yourself is this: Will you be a child of faith who believes in Jesus or will you be a child of unbelief who rejects The Holy Son of God and follows the father of all lies?
Key Point to Remember:
Remember just because someone does not believe in Christ today does not mean they will remain a child of unbelief forever. People come to faith in Jesus Christ everyday so let us be diligent in praying for our loved ones and even to those all around us for them to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as well. The Lord our God is gracious to all. For the bible declares whomsoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved by God. And As long as there is breath in one's body there is still a chance for that individual to be saved by God through Christ.
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