Study 1 - BEING BORN INTO GOD’S FAMILY - (Scripture Portion: John 1: 1-16)

Series 4 GROWING IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

Study 1 - BEING BORN INTO GOD’S FAMILY - (Scripture Portion: )

Study 1 - BEING BORN INTO GOD’S FAMILY - (Scripture Portion: )

1. BUT ARE WE NOT ALREADY THE CHILDREN OF GOD?

2. HOW DO WE BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD?

First: “not of natural descent

Second: “nor of human decision”.

Third: “nor a husband’s will”.

3. WE ARE BORN INTO GOD’S FAMILY BY A SUPERNATURAL ACT OF GOD.

As a postscript to this study, look up the five evidences, or marks, of the truly born again man which John gives us in his First Epistle:-

(1) Believing that Jesus is the Messiah (5: 1);

(2) Living a life of right doing (2: 29);

(3) Not habitually living in sin (3: 9 and 5: 18);

(4) Loving one another (4: 7);

(5) Overcoming temptations (5: 4).