Yet
to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right
to become children of God—
أَمَّا
الَّذِينَ قَبِلُوهُ، أَيِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاسْمِهِ، فَقَدْ مَنَحَهُمُ
الْحَقَّ فِي أَنْ يَصِيرُوا أَوْلاَدَ اللهِ،
John 1:12
How
great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called
children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know him.
تَأَمَّلُوا
مَا أَعْظَمَ الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي أَحَبَّنَا بِهَا الآبُ حَتَّى صِرْنَا نُدْعَى
«أَوْلاَدَ اللهِ»، وَنَحْنُ أَوْلاَدُهُ حَقّاً. وَلَكِنْ، بِمَا أَنَّ أَهْلَ
الْعَالَمِ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، فَهُمْ لاَ يَعْرِفُونَنَا.
1 John 3
We
who by nature are heirs of sin, and guilt, and the curse of God; we who by
practice are children of corruption, disobedience, and ingratitude are
transformed by the grace of God, and He is not ashamed to be called our Father,
and to call us His children. This transformation is made possible by the
atoning and redeeming blood of Christ and our acceptance through faith that
Jesus died on our behalf and by our declaration by mouth and actions that Jesus
is our Lord and Saviour.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba Father, thank You
for Your deep and everlasting love for me, Your abundant blessings, and for the
riches of Your grace in my life. Thank You Lord that You love me so much that
You gave Your only begotten Son Jesus to die for my sins; so that I can become a child of God when I receive Jesus
Christ as my Lord and
Saviour. Lord, help me to see myself as You see me; a unique, irreplaceable and beloved
creation with a divine and eternal plan and purpose. I hold my head up high and face the world with the knowledge that I am a
child of God and my heavenly Father is the King of the universe. Jesus
I pray that every person will believe in Your name and accept You as their Lord
and Saviour and through You become a child of God. Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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