Born of God
by Ruth Olsen
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They are reborn – not with a physical birth … but a birth that comes from God (John 1:13).
As John wrote, the Word of God already existed with God before time began; he gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. A light that the darkness can never extinguish (John 1:1–5)! But the world does not recognise him. Of ourselves, we do not recognise him! Human self-determination has separated us from God so that we are blinded and cannot recognise Jesus (see 2 Corinthians 4:4). Yet to any who receive him and believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. Reborn by the Spirit from above. Given new life that comes from God and has his DNA flowing through it! Amazing!
Anyone who receives and believes Jesus no longer belongs only to their earthly family but also to God’s family. Because Jesus, the Living Word of God who is ‘full of grace and truth’ (John 1:14 NIV) has come to us and dwells among us. He makes his grace and truth fully available for us to live in, walk in, soak in and share with others. He reveals God to us as the Father who is for us. His family spans around the world and stretches across time. Does that make a difference to how you see yourself and others around you?
The gift of unconditional love for a newborn is amazing, but often, we don’t recognise it. An unconditional love that comes from God, given anew to every person born from above, empowers us to love others.
Every day as we receive Jesus and believe in his name, we are drawn into his grace and truth, to what he is like. His DNA in us by his Spirit makes us new; his light inside us overcomes the darkness no matter what the world might shout or what our spiritual enemy whispers. Reborn with new life from God, in renewed relationship with him.
Lord God, draw us deeper into your grace and truth that sets us free to live as loved children, in and through Jesus, your light into the world. Amen.
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