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James Bible Daily Devotion – Learning
Scripture One Day At A Time
Date: Monday,
November 02, 2015
Chapters: John 1-2
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Message
Title: Becoming
A Child of God

Hello My Friend,

The
Book of John is the forty-third book of the Bible, the forth book of
the Gospel of Christ and of the New Testament, and contains
twenty-one chapters. The author of the book is John, a disciple of
Jesus (not John the Baptist), and it was written to All believers, to
whom John portrays Jesus as the Son of God. The timeline for these
events took place approximately between 30 and 34AD. The purpose of
the book was to show All that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,
and only way to eternal life. What we are to learn from the book is
Jesus is the Christ, the Saviour, and Son of the only living God, who
is also God and the only source to everlasting life. “Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me.” - John 14:6.

Through
the eyes of man, John the Baptist would have been six months older
than Jesus, as his mother, Elisabeth gave birth to him six months
before her cousin Mary, gave birth to Him. Through the eyes of the
sons of God, Jesus was, is, and always will be, not only the begotten
Son of God, but God Himself in the flesh. John was inspired by God to
reveal to us that Jesus has always been, and we are not born into the
family of God by natural conception, but by believing in the Son of
God.

“In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In him was
life; and the life was the light of men. That was the true Light,
which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the
world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He
came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as
received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor
of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth.” - John 1:1,4,9-14.

“But as many as received him” The
only way we can become a son or child of God is by believing in and
receiving the Son of God. “And the Word was
made flesh,” God is three individual persons, but still one
and only one living God. He has three different and specific roles,
God the Father, Creator of all things, but Father to all who believe
in the Son, Jesus the Son (the Word), who became the atoning
sacrifice needed to redeem a soul bound for hell, and the Holy
Spirit, who, lives in each believer and becomes their conscious. Each
person serves a specific purpose, but He is still one God. “For
whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that
overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of
God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not
by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that
beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three
that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
and these three are one.” - 1 John 5:4-7.

The
nature of true sons of God is following Jesus, devoting ourselves to
Him, and walking in His steps. Most of the Jews denied Jesus as the
Messiah, but those who did believe followed Him and He accepted all
who followed Him, including a man named Nathanael, who became one of
His disciples. “Jesus saw Nathanael coming to
him, and saith of him, Behold an
Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and
said unto him, Before that Philip
called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of
God; thou art the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee
under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things
than these. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending
and descending upon the Son of man.” - John
1:47-51.

“in
whom is no guile!” Guile, trickery or deceit,
Jesus allows all to willingly follow Him, but He also knows those who
truly believe or are just tricking or deceiving others. Many churches
claim to believe and teach Christ, but they refuse to believe He is
God, and that always has been. If we are going to be a child of God
we must come to Him through the Son. The animal sacrifices that came
under the Law of Moses to redeem a soul was not the actual blood that
would provide permanent redemption, it was merely a visage to hide
sin. Jesus does more than hide sin, He completely and utterly removes
it once we receive Him. “For it is not
possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the
blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated
for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; Let us draw near
with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure
water.” - Hebrews 10:4,19,20,22.

Yes Jesus may
have had thousands of people following Him, but He knew the true
believers and this was revealed when the Jews (here it is revealed
that Jesus is not really a Jew) questioned Him about the temple.
“Then answered the Jews and said unto him,
What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy
this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building,
and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of
his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples
remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the
scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. Now when he was in
Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his
name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not
commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not
that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.”
- John 2:18-25.

“because
he knew all men”
Man, those who harden their hearts to the truths of God. Jesus knows
all, and He knew exactly what they were trying to do. The sons of man
have no problem using Jesus as a vice to make themselves rich, hence
false religion, but sooner or later all who use Him for their own
glory will have a huge awakening. Just because they talk about Jesus
that does not mean they believe who He is, we must believe to become
a son or child of God. “If we receive the
witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the
witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth
on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not
God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that
God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to
us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son
hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These
things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of
God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may
believe on the name of the Son of God.” - 1 John
5:9-13.

Today's Prayer:
God, It is often said that seeing is believing, well, I for one know
that to be true, but not as the world would see, but as You would
see. I may not have seen Your Son in person the day I believed in
Him, but I have seen what Your Son has done in my life since making
Him a part of it. Just like the miracle of birth, You created another
miracle in my spiritual birth, and while I may not always understand
Your ways, I do understand that You love us so much, that Your only
option to save us was to give Your own through Your Son. Today, I do
not want to ask You for anything, I just to thank You and praise You
for being my God, my Father, and my Saviour. In Jesus' name,
Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,

Christina

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