WHAT TYPE OF A CHILD ARE YOU TO JEHOVAH GOD?
THE CALLED & GRACEFULLY CHOSEN:
WE ARE QUICK TO ASSOCIATE OURSELVES WITH THE BIBLICAL PROMISES OF GOD TO FATHER ABRAHAM, REGARDLESS OF OUR NONCHALANT ATTITUDE TOWARDS JEHOVAH GOD.
THIS IS BECAUSE WE ALL BELIEVE WE ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF FATHER ABRAHAM THROUGH FAITH, SO THEREFORE WE ARE ENTITLED TO ALL PROMISES OF GOD TO HIM, AND THE BIBLE ATTESTED TO THAT. [GALATIANS, 3: 7]
BUT WHAT TYPE OF CHILD ARE YOU TO THIS GOD?
LET THE CURRENT ISREALITES NEVER OVER REJOICE OF BEING THE ONLY CHOSEN. BECAUSE “THEY ARE NOT ALL ISRAEL, WHICH ARE OF ISRAEL” SAYS THE SCRIPTURE.
[ROMANS, 9: 6-7]
[JOHN, 1: 12] “BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM HE GAVE THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD.”
WHAT TYPE OF CHILD ARE YOU TO GOD? ARE YOU OBEDIENT, OR REBELLIOUS?
SOME BELIEVERS WILL ACKNOWLEDGE GOD AS FATHER ONLY WHEN THEY ARE IN DIRE NEED OF HELP THAT NO MAN CAN RENDER.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WORSHIP AND FOLLOWING HIS COMMANDMENTS, THE STORY WILL CHANGE.
MUSLIMS PRAY FIVE TIMES DAILY AS THEY REFER TO THEMSELVES AS SLAVES TO GOD, WHILE THE CHILDREN OF GOD, THROUGH FAITH, FAIL TO HONOR THE LIVING GOD WITH THEIR WORSHIP.
WHAT TYPE OF CHILD ARE YOU TO GOD?
IN CONCLUSION: “I KNOW YOUR WORKS, YOUR LABOR, YOUR PATIENCE, AND WHAT YOU CANNOT BEAR THOSE WHO ARE EVIL. YOU HAVE PERSEVERED AND HAVE ENDURED FOR MY NAME AND HAVE NOT GROWN WEARY. YET, I HOLD THIS AGAINST YOU. YOU HAVE FORSAKEN THE LOVE YOU HAD AT FIRST. CONSIDER HOW FAR YOU HAVE FALLEN.
REPENT, AND DO THE FIRST WORKS, OR ELSE I WILL COME TO YOU QUICKLY AND REMOVE YOUR LAMPSTAND FROM ITS PLACE UNLESS YOU REPENT” [REVELATIONS, 2: 2-7]