Deeper Life #65

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

—John 1:3–4

WE ARE CREATED THE CHILDREN of God, not the sons and daughters of God; Jesus Christ, through regeneration, makes us sons and daughters of God. The idea of the fatherhood of Jesus is revealed in Isaiah 9:6, where He is called the “everlasting Father.”

Creative power is vested in Jesus Christ in a far more marvelous way than He manifested when He created the world. Jesus is the Being by whom you and I can be re-created into His own image.

In Jesus Christ, we are made new creatures—not merely given a new start. Jesus creates in us the image of God as it is in Himself. What Jesus Christ creates in us, He was and is. He becomes our sanctification. That is what the grand old hymn means,

My hope is built on nothing less,

Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.

We are sons and daughters of God by God’s claim in creation; but we become sons and daughters of God in reality only by our choice and our will. Do you willingly choose to hand yourself over to God? Let Jesus Christ make His creation good in you.

Prayer Thought: O God, may I always reflect Your image as a new creation in Christ.

SUGGESTED READING: Colossians 1:16–29