In the book,'The Valley of Vision',I read,'O sovereign Lord,Thou art the Creator-Father of all men,for Thou hast made and dost support them; Thou art the special Father of those who know and honour Thee'. There are two groups of people mentioned those have not trusted Jesus as Saviour, they are notconnected to God spiritually,God is a faithful creator,so He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good,and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous' (Matthew 5 v 45 ) But the unrighteous our outside the spiritual family of God,and receive no benifites spiritually,they cannot have a relationship with God who is Spirit.They are shut out from God while they live ,and when they die.All this can change when one trusts Christ as Saviour, then we are granted the right to become children of God,not born of natural descent,nor of human decision or a husbands will,but born of God ( John 1 v 12-13) The Bible speaks of the Christian being adopted brought about by the Spirit of God, ( Romans 8 v14-17 )that means we who were not a people are now the people of God( 1 Peter 2v 10).Did we merit this ?no,it came about by God's umerited favour.
'I'm accepted Im forgiven,
I am fathered by the true and living God.
I'm accepted, no condemnation,
I m loved by the true and living God.
There's no guilt or fear as I draw near
To the Saviour and Creator of the world,
There is joy and peace
As I release my worship to you, O Lord' (Words Dave Bilbrough)
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