ARE YOU AN OUTSIDER OR AN INSIDER IN GOD'S EYES?

By Dan Delzell, Christian Post Contributor Sunday, February 11, 2024, /Shettefan Unplash.com

When God looks at you today, is he looking at your outer aspect or your inner aspect? Is it because of your unbelief that you cannot use the term "son of God" or do you have a heavenly Father who sees you as his son? Who are you in the eyes of the father, regardless of the perspective of the world?

You may be born with an earthly father, but when you are "born again" through faith in Christ, you have a father from heaven. "How great is the father's love for us, that we should be called the children of God" (1 John 3:1).

You must have a relationship with the son of God if you want to be recognized as a son of God in the eyes of the father. "You don't know me or my father. If you have known me, you will also know my father" (John 8: 19).

Those who oppose Christ oppose the father and the Holy Spirit as well. At all times, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit work together as the only true God. "No one who opposes the son has the father; whoever acknowledges the son has the father also" (1 John 2: 23).

There are two ways God the father sees you today: he sees you spiritually naked and has no forgiveness for your sins; or he sees you forgiven and covered by the blood of Jesus.

You need a supernatural" new birth " from God to take place in your soul for the father to see you as his child. This is the only way to become an insider! (See John 3: 1-8; 1 Peter 1: 3-5) this applies to all people, both Jews and Gentiles. Look, "a man is not a Jew if he is only a Jew of luar...No, a man is a Jew if he is one in his heart" (Romans 28-29). This is the reason why Jesus said to Nicodemus, a Pharisee, "you must be born again" (John 3:7).

You may be involved in various religious activities. Are you a child of God, regardless of your religion? Are you saved, justified, forgiven, and redeemed? Those who believe in Jesus believe that they have been born again.

When the goodness and love of our Savior God appeared, he saved us not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the cleansing and renewal of the Holy Spirit, which he generously poured out on us through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that having been justified by his grace, we can become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

Have you been saved by the father? You may be cleansed before him, or you remain lost in your sin and under the law; the law punishes, while the Gospel saves. To obey God, the commandments of the law tell you what you must do, but we all don't. However, the Gospel reveals God's action to forgive your sins and save your soul (see Romans 3:23).

Once you become a member of God's family through faith in Christ, you are no longer under the law. According to the Apostle Paul, "now we know that whatever the law says, it is said to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore, no one will be declared righteous before him by keeping the law; on the contrary, through the law we become aware of sin."(Romans 3:19-20).

In order for you to look clean and holy in the eyes of the father, you need what Paul calls "the truth from God". The righteousness of Christ covers the sins of everyone who accepts him as Savior. Paul wrote, " but now the righteousness of the Lord, apart from the law, is known...this truth from God comes to all who believe through faith in Jesus Christ."(Romans 3: 21-22).

You can't be a member of God's family, but you can trust your way. God "justifies those who believe in Jesus" (Romans 3:26). This Happened One Day in Rome when Paul "tried to convince them of Jesus from the law of Moses and the prophets, some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe" (acts 28:23-24).

What made you catch him? Others will not find it reasonable. They refuse to come to Jesus and be saved; they refuse to come to the father through the son; and, through faith in Christ, the father considers them holy. Therefore, they remain lost in their sins, receive no forgiveness, and walk a path that will keep them away from the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit forever.

In his time, Billy Graham was a D evangelist. L. Moody, who lived from 1837 to 1899. "No man can settle himself into heaven," he said.However, you can repent and remain firm on your path. When you leave your sins behind and trust Christ as your Savior, you will immediately enter the family of God and be given the gift of eternal life in heaven for free. You will also soon want to start serving the Lord and doing what he wants as a forgiven follower of Christ.

In the eyes of the father, who are you?

In addition, Delzell served as pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Papillion, Nebraska.

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