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John 1:12 · BSB
1:12 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
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…work of grace on our behalf. Adoption like justification is a legal term. Through adoption we gain the full rights as sons and daughters of God.John chapter 1 verses 12and 13 helps us to understand this. "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His…
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…of empowered relationships, if you've not given your life to Jesus Christ, if you've not received Jesus as your personal savior, the Bible says inJohn, chapter 1, verse 12, that as many that believed him and received him, he gave them the right to become the children of God. That means God cannot be your father if you…
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…made through him and without him was not anything made that was made. So, Christ being the word, right? The Creator. Redeemer. And it goes on inJohn chapter 1 verse 12. But to all who did receive him, the word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth. It's talking about Christ being Redeemer. Maybe…
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…There's no other way of understanding it. Christian prayer only ever works on family terms. Only as we see ourselves as little, little children.John 1 verse 12says, To all who did receive him, to those who believe in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. Way too many people in our culture…
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…of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:12–13). We are part of the church of the firstborn because we have been born again. So you are born into this. And listen, your spiritual birth has…
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…what he says. He says, My conscience is clear, but it's not because I'm innocent, it's because the Lord judges me. Go back to Jesus, go back toJohn chapter 1, verse 12. Why are you a child of God? Because you believe in Jesus, it's God's judgment that actually frees you. And so the way that you and I can get free…
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…one of my children what they heard in the morning worship service. It's a dangerous thing to do, as you might imagine. Last week, the passage wasJohn chapter 1, verses 6 through 13. It was titled, I Saw the Light. And we saw from John 1, 6 through 13, how John the Baptist bore witness to the light. He was not the light, but he…
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…believe I said that in front of the CEO. This episode was different because he manifests himself, he identified himself beforehand. As we come toJohn chapter 1, verses 9 through 13, we see something a little bit similar. We have Jesus, the CEO, the owner, the creator of the universe, so to speak, entering into space and time…
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…your own Bible, I'd invite you to take that Bible and turn to page 833. And we're going to read from verse 6 through to verse 13 this morning.John 1, verses 6 through 13. Follow with me as I read. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to bear witness about the light that all might…
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…an idea in the Bible that God wants to be your Father, and that when you believe in Him, He adopts you into His family and you take on His name.John 1:12says: See, step one of going to our Father is you have to believe that He exists and that His name is great, that His name is Father, that His name…
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…family. And this brings us to our Advent text this morning. If you want to turn with me, we're in the Gospel of John. We're going to be looking atJohn chapter 1, verses 6 through 13. That's page 833 in the Pew Bible, if you want to turn there with me. And it'd be great if you could do that, because we'll be looking at it fairly…
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…that Jesus employed in the wilderness. Your weapon is God's very word. When you hear the whisper, you're not actually a child of God. We turn toJohn 1, verse 12, and we say, but to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, God gave the right to be called children of God. No, I am a child of God.…
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…who created all things, after explaining that He was the light that came to the world to expel darkness, after explaining all of that, John says inJohn 1:12, but to all who received Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God. Now think about all of that. Jesus, the divine…
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…Christ. Amen, to that to living Christ, but before that What are we called, beloved? I mentioned it a few times. The children are the sons of GodJohn 1:12, but those that received him, that is Jesus Christ to them. God gave authority to become the sons of God. Even to them that believe on his name.…
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…Grows into a holy Temple of the Lord and him, you are also being built together into a dwelling place for God by the spirit. And again, inJohn 1:12to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. So you see it as Christ that unites us, it is…
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…John himself put it in regard to Jesus. We'll finish with this in the gospel of John. It really sums up what we've been looking at this evening,John chapter 1 verses 11 to 12. It says about Jesus, he was in the world and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own…
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…you have the same standing that God has, I mean, that Jesus has before God. Why? Because you were born of God. Uh, John chapter 1, the gospel ofJohn chapter 1, verse 12and 13 says it like this: But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become to become the children of God, who…
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…receiving Jesus into your life. As we would welcome guests into our homes to warmly fellowship with them. This idea of receiving Jesus is seen inJohn 1:12. Another one is saving, faith is obeying Jesus. As we would heed the authoritative command, from a superior in rank. We see this in John 3, verse…
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…it would not come from within himself, rather it would come to him from outside of him, it would come from God Alone. We looked at this verse inJohn 1:12when we started this series but in one 12 through 13 Apostle, John writes, he's talking about the people who did receive Christ. As Lord, he says…
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…You don't look to your family, you don't look to your heritage. You look to God Alone to be born again. And we see that this is found in Christ.John 1:12 through 13again, we started the series with this passage but I'll read it, but to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to…
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