Thomas 1:3 "the (Father's) kingdom is within you and it is outside you. When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father."
Thomas 1:50...'We are its children, and we are the chosen of the living Father.'
I have been interested in this and other statements of Jesus and from Jesus Christ that point to the fact that we are Children of God.
Are we in fact, children of God? Ask yourself, is this true, ask God, am I your spirit child?
The King James Version of the Bible gives us a number of scriptures which seem to attest to this fact.
Psalms 82:6
I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Jesus of course taught that we become "Children of the Most High" when we accept his message, he also taught that if we turn from his message we can become children of the devil.
The message that Paul gave to the Hebrews is that God is the father of our spirit. He includes both ideas of coming spiritually and of being spirit children, we can come unto God, and we are his spirit children.
Hebrews 12: 9
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Acts 17:29
For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
There is no doubt that God certainly is our Father, Jesus taught us, after his death, when he appeared to Mary Magdalene at the tomb that His Father was not just Mary's Father but the father of all the brethren.
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.James teaches the same thing. He tells us also that we are made after God's image.
James3:9
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Jesus Christ, in being the Savior, saved us from something, besides sin, he saved us by showing us who we really are.
Luke 6:1-2 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
His answer was this...
Luke 6:5 "And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath."
but Luke goes on to further explain by telling the story of Jesus healing a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath Day, this gives us the additional needed insight we need to know because we are Gods children we have answers within us.
What did the Savior do before the healing, He asked questions; In this way he was stating very matter of factually, in front of priests of his day, you, the people can know.
Luke 6:9:"... Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
This is the type of question you would ask a priest or a rabbi, but Jesus Christ is addressing the people. Jesus is asking people to think it out for themselves - you have it within you, you figure it our!
Matthew 12:11 - 12 "...What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Christ helps the people to reason it out.
I am glad that he has confidence in each of our abilities to reason. You can be inspired!"
Then is the miracle recorded in the text the healing miracle.
Matthew 12:13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole.
Because we are Children of God his spirit dwells in us,
1 Cor 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
He is in you, you are his child, he will answer you. This is the Message spoken by Paul in The Acts of the Apostles. Feelings are how the spirit speaks. Through strokes of ideas we learn of God.
Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. (Italics added)
God, through his son, gave us the ultimate application of the Chinese Proverb: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Jesus didn't give us fish, He taught us how to fish. In fact, he taught us that we are fishermen. We can know truth.
Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
This means, God the Father of Our Spirit has confidence in your ability to listen to the spirit and know truth.
1 John 4:6 6
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
As we exercise our faith and accept Christ and his atonement we gain more truth. Then as we come to have a knowledge of this truth it will increase...As a well of living water springing up! This is exactly what Jesus told the woman at the well.
John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Personal witness of truth are these revelations in our life.
You can figure it out for yourself Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior knew you could. Why? Because we are Gods offspring! Want to know more... Click Here
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