Devotions for October--Week 4
God Made You Part of His Family:
Week Four
18. How did Jesus teach his disciples to address God? Matthew 6:9
19. Is it true that God is everyone’s Father? Why or why not? John 8:42-44
20. How is one Born into God’s family? John 1:12-13
“The importance of the assurance of faith lies in the fact that, childlike, I cannot possibly love or serve God if I do not know whether he loves and acknowledges me as his child.”
-Andrew Murray
21. List some of the advantages of being a true child of God from Romans 8:15-17.
22. State briefly how you know God is your Father.
It is important for you as a Christian to be assured that God is your Father and that you have eternal life. Since feelings change, this assurance must ultimately depend on the word of God. “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13).
Below are three verses that have helped many Christians gain this assurance. You may want to memorize the verse which helps you most in this area.
“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life” (John 5:24).
“And this is the testimony; God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:11-12).
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will go in and eat with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).
Remember These Points:
-God created you for his own purpose and his glory. He gave you dignity by shaping you after his own likeness.
-God considers you to be of great value. He takes personal interest in knowing you completely.
-He loves you so intensely that he sent his Son to die for you on the cross. This demonstration of his love shows he wants to give you an eternal and abundant life.
-When God gave you this life in Jesus Christ, you were spiritually born into God’s family. He is your Father. You are his child.