Ch.6 Storge Love what great love the Father has lavished on us, “See that we should be called children of God.” 1 John 3:1 Digging Deeper 20 John 1:12-13 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. gave the right to become children of God.” The Greek word that was “He translated as in this passage is It can also be translated “right” “exousia”. as authority, liberty, jurisdiction, and strength”. One definition “power, said that it is power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases. How does one come to acquire this Have you claimed this right? Do “right”? you exercise this right, choosing to be a child of God on a regular basis? Expand on your answers. According to the definition above, it seems that even if one has received Christ as their Savior, God still gives them a choice to become a child of His. Is possible to believe and still choose to not live as a child of God? Explain your response to that thought.
Ch.6 Storge Love “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God.” 1 John 3:1 Digging Deeper 20 John 1:12-13 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. “He gave the right to become children of God.” The Greek word that was translated as “right” in this passage is “exousia”. It can also be translated as “power, authority, liberty, jurisdiction, and strength”. One definition said that it is power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases. How does one come to acquire this “right”? Have you claimed this right? Do you exercise this right, choosing to be a child of God on a regular basis? Expand on your answers. According to the definition above, it seems that even if one has received Christ as their Savior, God still gives them a choice to become a child of His. Is possible to believe and still choose to not live as a child of God? Explain your response to that thought.
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