POWER TO BECOME SONS OF GOD

But as many as received Him, to them gave He POWER TO BECOME the SONS of GOD, even to them that believe on His name: – John 1:12 (KJV)

Christianity is a relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ: becoming a child of God. However, it takes POWER – divine power – to BECOME a SON of GOD. Even Jesus was “…declared to be the Son of God with POWER…” (Rom.1:4). There is no power in man that can produce a ‘son of God’! The word “become” implies a process of positive transformation. A ‘son of God’ is simply a child of God, irrespective of gender. Whoever would become a child of God must access this power of transformation, by receiving Jesus as Lord and Saviour and believing on His Name. More specifically, ‘son of God’ refers to a matured child of God: babies are born; sons are nurtured. Isaiah 9:6a says, “…unto us a CHILD is born, unto us a SON is given…” A baby is born in a moment; sons are produced through a process.

It takes the Power of God to be born-again, to grow, mature and be transformed into SONSHIP! “Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a CHILD, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all; but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father” (Gal.4:1-2 NKJV). After the fall of Man in Eden, all human beings became children of the devil, held in captivity under the control of the devil. Jesus referred to some Jews of his days as belonging to their “father the devil” (Jh.8:44). I John 3:10 (NKJV) says: “In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.”

Being a child of the devil or a child of God are two extremes, Supernatural power is involved in transforming a person from the former to the latter status. A child of God is a New Creation in Christ; a joint-heir with Him. The process of transformation involves diverse dimensions of power: power of His Spirit, power in His Name and in His Blood, and power.in the Word of God. No one can be born-again without the power of the Holy Spirit (Jh.3:5). It takes the power in the Name of Jesus to be justified (1Cor.6:11). It is the Word of God that releases the power of sanctification to become a child of God: “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your Word is truth” (Jh.17:17). “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is” (1 Jh.3:2). God’s Power is available: begin to walk in your sonship rights and responsibilities.