Red And Yellow, Black And White We Are Precious In His Site

Jesus loves the Little Children. All the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his site. Jesus - and the Father, love the little children of the world.

 Over the years, I have heard a number of people refer to humankind as being “all God’s children”. It’s one of those sayings that sounds good, but is patently false. It is a subtle way of denying the need for Jesus and the Cross.

"But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called." - Romans 9:6-7

The Jews believed that because they were ethnic Jews they were in. But God said that being genetically descended from Abraham was not enough. 

What is true is that God is the Source of all creation.  And Jesus is at the center of it.  

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.”  - John 1:1-4

 Jesus is the “living” Word.  [It was this truth that the Spirit used to open my mom’s eyes and salvation]  I am not going to address the Trinity this morning. Spiritual reality is so different from our human reality.  We try to cram spiritual understanding into the shoes of our natural understanding but those “feet” are just too big!  They don’t fit.  

The temptation is to reject Spiritual truth because of the limitation of our natural understanding.  A common mistake.  

“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.” - 1 Corinthians 2:14

So back to the main point – God’s children.  We are all God’s natural creation but we are not all His spiritual children.  We must be adopted into His family.  

“having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will” - Ephesians 1:5 

I cannot adopt my own children, neither can God - they are already His.  Without His adoption through Jesus I, who is not a child of His, am bound for hell.  Once adopted I have eternal life with God in heaven. Pretty simple really.  God loves his creation and that is why He sent Jesus to make it possible for us to become His children by Faith. (John 3:16)

Saying we are all God’s children may sound sweet but it is a bitter falsehood – a deception.  Only the Spirit of God can convince people of that truth.  That they need a Savior. We have an obligation to share the Gospel when given the opportunity. And you will have the opportunity. Don’t give people who are lost false hope. 

“Speak the truth in love.” - Ephesians 4:15

Think about it – Believe it  - Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory. 

By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone