Bible
Study - Are You Really Sure Of Your Eternal Salvation?
Lesson 16
Becoming a Child of God
Galatians 3:26-27 (KJV) says,
"For you are all children of God by faith in Christ
Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
have put on Christ." All of us want to be children of
God, but it is our faith in Christ that leads us to become children
of God. This verse also tells us how our faith leads us to be children
of God. It says, "For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ." The word for
as used in this scripture is a preposition, which means for the
purpose of or in order to be. Therefore, we are baptized for the
purpose of or in order to be God's children.
To be a child of God and part of
His family, we must be born into His family. Our Lord said
in John 3:3, "Unless one is born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of heaven."
Then He tells us how being born again takes place in John 3:5, "Unless
one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom
of God." When one is born
again by being baptized into Christ he becomes a child of God.
The blood of Christ will only forgive the sins of those who are
"born of water and the Spirit" when they are baptized.
We might ask the
question, "If I had to prove that I was a child of God in order
to get into Heaven, could I do it?" Only those who are
God's children will inherit Heaven. In 1 Peter 1:4 we read
"To an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in Heaven for
you." Are you
eligible for that inheritance? Have you become a child of
God by being baptized into Christ? If you haven't then you
have no inheritance in Heaven. You will inherit eternal punishment.
Why would anyone in their right mind not want to be a child of God?
Has your faith led you to be baptized,
so that you can become a child of God? If not then you are
not a child of God. To be a child of God, our
faith must be a faith that will accept and do all that the Lord
tells us to do. It must be an obedient faith, because God says in
James 2:17,20 & 24, "Thus also faith,
by itself, if it does not have works, is dead." "But do
you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?"
"You see then that a man is justified by works, and not
by faith only." We are not saved by "faith
only". If our faith is not one of action, it is a dead
faith. A dead faith will do us no good on the Day of Judgment. This
is the only place in the Bible that speaks of "faith only".
Here it does not commend it, but rather condemns it. It also refers
to one who believes in "faith only" as "O foolish
man."
Are you a child of God? Have
you been baptized into Christ so that you can be a child of God?
As Hebrews 2:3 says, "How shall we escape,
if we neglect so great salvation?" We know there
is no escape. Please don't neglect your salvation.
Questions
Lesson 16
Becoming A Child Of God
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of your choice)
1) (Galatians 3:26-27)) How does faith in Christ lead us to
become Children of God?
By being baptized into Christ.
All people are already children of God.
Faith only.
2)
We are baptized in order to be a child of God.
3) (James 2:17, 20, &24) One who
believes in faith only is
A wise man.
A foolish man.
Going to be saved.
4)
We are justified by faith only.
5) (James 2:17) Faith that has
no works is
A dead faith.
A living faith.
A saving faith.
6)
To be a child of God our faith must cause us to accept and do all
the Lord commands.
7) (1Peter 1:4) Who will inherit
a home in heaven?
All People.
All sincere religious people.
Only God's children.
8)
Heaven is reserved only for God's children.
9) (Hebrews 2:3) If we neglect
our great salvation
We will be given another chance in purgatory to go to Heaven.
There will be no escape.
We will still be able to escape.
10)
We will still go to Heaven if we neglect our great salvation.