You Are Accepted - In Christ

When we believe in Christ and invite Him into our hearts, we become someone new.  We are not the old person.  Unfortunately, we don't always know who God says we become when we make the decision to believe in his son, Jesus.  We have to study God's word to see who He says we are and we have to start living in our new identity.  Over the next few weeks, I will be taking a look at several scriptures to see what our God says about us.  He says we are accepted, secure and significant through belief in Christ.  Let's start with a scripture that tells us we are Accepted:

In Christ - We are Accepted
In the Gospel of John, he is intent upon telling us who Jesus is.  John 1:12 concludes that "Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God." NIV 

We are accepted by God through our belief in His Son Jesus Christ.  When we believe in His name, we become children of God; we become accepted.  We need never fear rejection again.  We are completely and eternally accepted as a child of God when we believe in Jesus.  Who we are determines what we do, and God wants us to know that we are His children.  I love the way my Freedom In Christ Bible puts this.  It says that believers are not in the process of becoming children of God; they are children of God who are in the process of becoming like Christ.  Do you truly believe in and follow Jesus?  If you do, then you are a child of God.  Believe it and rest in the assurance that you are His.