Galatians 3:26-27 (KJV)
says, "For you are all children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have
put on Christ." All of us want to be children of God, but it is our
faith in Christ that leads us to become children of God. This verse also
tells us how our faith leads us to be children of God. It says,
"For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
have put on Christ." The word for as used in this scripture is a
preposition, which means for the purpose of or in order to be. Therefore,
we are baptized for the purpose of or in order to be God's children. Has
your faith led you to be baptized, so that you can become a child of
God? If not then you are not a child of God.
To be a child of
God, our faith must be a faith that will accept and do all that the Lord
tells us to do. It must be an obedient faith, because God says in James 2:17,20 & 24,
"Thus also faith, by itself, if it does not have
works, is dead." "But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith
without works is dead?" "You see then that a man is justified by works,
and not by faith only." If our faith is not one of action, it is a
dead faith. A dead faith will do us no good on the day of judgment. This
is the only place in the Bible that speaks of "faith only". Here it does
not commend it, but rather condemns it. It also refers to one who believes
in "faith only" as "O foolish man."
Questions Lesson
16
Becoming A Child Of
God
(click on the button
of the answer of your choice)
1) (Galatians 3:26-27)) How does faith in Christ
lead us to become
Children of God? By being baptized into Christ. All people are already children of God. Faith
only.
2)
We are baptized in order to be a child of God. 3) (James 2:17, 20, &24) One who believes in faith only is A wise man. A foolish man. Going to be
saved.
4)
We are justified by faith only. 5) (James 2:17) Faith that has no works is A dead faith. A living faith. A saving
faith.
6)
To be a child of God our faith must cause us to accept and do all the
Lord
commands.
