The World's Gospel - We Are All God's Children

"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.” That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed."- Romans 9:6-8

I am certain that you have heard someone say, "We are all God's children." That might be right given the right definition of "all". If "all" means all born again Believers, then the statement is correct. But if it means every person that has or has had breath by virtue of being born on this planet - then it is "WRONG".

In the natural context, as humans, we are all God's creation, but apart from Jesus, we are not all God's children.  Jacob and Esau are a picture of those two realities. Both Isaac's sons. One spiritual and one carnal. God said, "Jacob I loved, and Esau I hated" (Malachi 1:2; Romans 9:13)

In the spiritual context, there are "children of the flesh" - not saved by faith in Jesus and "children of God" - those who were once were children of the flesh but were saved by faith and reborn spiritually into the family of God. 

"See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him." - 1 John 3:1

Do you remember the song "We Are The World"? It first came out 35 years ago. Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. It had credibility because of the coming together of 45 famous singers of the day participating in the song.  These are some of the lyrics.

"We can't go on pretending day by day That someone somewhere will soon make a change We're all a part of God's great big family And the truth, you know Love is all we need. We are the world We are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So, let's start giving There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives." 

"We're all a part of God's great big family And the truth, you know Love is all we need." Uh, no we are not and what we all need is Jesus. The world's gospel is that we can make life better if we work at it. The life and love that the world is seeking is found only by faith in Jesus - the Stone that the builders (the world) rejected. (Matthew 21:42)

Think about it – Pray 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