Jesus: Author of the Children of God John 1:12-13

Chiasm: A structure in literature

John 1:9-13 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. 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.

John 1:9-13 Yet to all who received 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

Who are the Children of God? John 8:44 …you are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do.

Who are the Children of God? Eph 2:1-3 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience--

Who are the Children of God? Eph 2:1-3 …among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Who are the Children of God? Everyone who is not a child of God is a child of the devil. They are spiritually dead.

The Great Grace of Jesus Christ… Jesus is the AUTHOR of the Children of God “he gave the right to become children of God”

The children of God: Those who received Him Those who believed in His name Those who were born of God

1. Those who Received Him (12) “To all who received Him” 11: his own did not receive him. 12: Yet to all who received him

1. Those who Received Him (12) “To all who received Him” 11: his own did not receive him. 12: Yet to all who received him

1. Those who Received Him (12) 11: his own did not receive him. = taking someone alongside with you

1. Those who Received Him (12) 11: his own did not receive him. = taking someone alongside with you

1. Those who Received Him (12) 12: Yet to all who received him = receiving or gaining some thing

1. Those who Received Him (12) 12: Yet to all who received him = receiving or gaining some thing John 6 I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst …My flesh is food indeed and my blood is drink indeed

1. Those who Received Him (12) 12: Yet to all who received him = receiving or gaining some thing John 7 If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water

2. Those who Believed in His Name(12) “to those who believed in his name”

2. Those who Believed in His Name(12) “to those who believed in his name” Belief is a simple childlike trust Belief means transformed living

2. Those who Believed in His Name(12) “to those who believed in his name” Belief is a simple childlike trust Belief means transformed living Obeying Christ is a Joy (1 John 5)

2. Those who Believed in His Name(12) “to those who believed in his name” Belief is a simple childlike trust Belief means transformed living Obeying Christ is a Joy Trusting Christ is a Joy (Romans 8)

2. Those who Believed in His Name(12) “to those who believed in his name” False Belief: Not enduring Not acting

2. Those who Believed in His Name(12) Even Belief is a Gift from God: John 6 “Stop grumbling about my words. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him… I have spoken spirit and Life to you, and you STILL do not believe... That is why I say that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father” (44,64)

3. Those who have been Born of God(13) “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.”

3. Those who have been Born of God(13) “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.”

3. Those who have been Born of God(13) Galatians 2:20 it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me “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.”

These things are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name.