CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him (1 John 3:1).

The manner of God’s love is shown in that He brought us into His family as children. “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God!” Now as we walk about from day to day, the world does not recognize us as children of God. The people of the world do not understand us nor the way we behave. Indeed, the world did not understand the Lord Jesus when He was here on earth. “He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.” (John 1:10-11). Since we have the same characteristics as the Lord Jesus, we cannot expect the world to understand us, either.

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