“凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就赐他们权柄作上帝的儿女。”
约翰福音 1:12
“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,”
John 1:12
The Israelites believed in the importance of ancestry. They were proud of their patriarch Abraham, and they thought being part of Abraham’s clan made them God’s children. Their human ancestry was connected, in their opinion, to their spiritual family.
Hundreds of years later when Jesus was talking with the Jews, He pointed out that this was not so. They could say Abraham was their earthly ancestor, but if they didn’t love Him—the One sent by the Father—they were not part of God’s family.
The same applies today. We don’t choose our human family, but we can decide the spiritual family we belong to (v12).
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