| “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…” |
| —John 1:12 |
The process through which God reconciles sinful humans to Himself remains a great mystery in so many aspects. Why would God choose to do this? I don’t know. We humans—beginning with first man, Adam—surely have done nothing whatsoever to make us worthy of God’s love. In fact, having inherited our sin nature from Adam, we continue every day to add a long catalog of sins to the list of trespasses that separate us from God. Yes, God’s love for us is a great mystery.
The Apostle John explores this great mystery when He writes about God’s Son, Jesus, in John 1:10-13:
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
Even though, this side of heaven, we will never be able to fully understand the great mystery of God’s redeeming mercy, love, and grace He has extended to us through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us rejoice this day, by means of the power of the in-dwelling Holy Spirit, that God has transformed us from mere “creatures” (creations) to His own dearly loved “children.” Through the shed blood of Jesus, God has forgiven our sins and buried them in the depths of the deepest sea.
Based on a blog originally posted on Thursday, January 15, 2015
