HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” (1 John 3:2).
We are the sons and daughters of God. We are not merely called and even legally declared, but actually are sons and daughters of God by receiving the life and nature of God; and so we are the very brethren of our Lord; not only in His human nature but still more in His divine relationship.
“Therefore, He is not ashamed to call us brethren.” He gives us that which entitles us to that right and makes us worthy of it. Therefore, brethren, you have to live a life worthy of the calling in which you were called. You have to live an exemplary life in your community, home and church. The world is watching and I am encouraging you today to live a God-centered life on Social Media.
He does not introduce us into a position for which we are uneducated and unfitted, but He gives us a nature worthy of our glorious standing; and as He shall look upon us in our complete and glorious exaltation reflecting His own likeness and shining in His Father’s glory, He shall have no cause to be ashamed of us. Therefore, you cannot be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for therein lies the power, your power unto salvation.
Even now He is pleased to acknowledge us before the universe and call us brethren in the sight of all earth and heaven. Oh, how this dignifies the humblest saint of God! How little we need to mind the misunderstanding of the world if He “is not ashamed to call us brethren.”
So let us go out to-day to represent His Royal Family, This Heavenly Host, heirs and joint-heirs with the Father whereby we cry Abba Father. I am so happy to be a representative of my Heavenly Father.