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Belonging in your family
As we grow up our of family changes.
There are certain things you love about your family.
Then there are certain things you despise about your family, and you wonder, “How am I possibly a part of this family?”
Think about the cycle of growing up as a child.
When you are a kid, your parents are the coolest people in the world.
Every little boy wants to be just like his dad.
Every little girl wants to be just like her mom.
To a child, adults are the climax of God’s creation, and you can’t wait till you are an adult.
I love playing with our little kids in the church.
Mostly because they’re the only ones that think I’m cool.
They don’t know me very well.
The Thibodeaux’s kids … they’re the coolest, because they think I’m the coolest.
Luke Galeener, is so fun, because he thinks I’m just awesome.
Bethany thinks I’m a zoo keeper.
Little kids are fun.
But then there is a point where little kids begin to see things differently.
They become teenagers.
And suddenly, adults aren‘t the coolest people in the room anymore..
Every action of an adult is followed by a depressed rolling of the eyes.
Think back to when you were a teenager.
Teenagers you might be there now.
Suddenly, your parents were no longer the coolest, now they were the most embarrassing.
It’s at this point where the teenager says, “I’m never going to be like my parents.”
Then somethings strange happens, whether you want to or not … you become just like your parents.
I don’t know exactly how the process develops, but there is a day where you realize, I’m just like my dad.
I’m a little nervous about how much like my dad I am.
Really, the one who should be nervous is Amanda.
She’s married to me.
But there comes a point when you look at your life, and you know, you are a product and a member of your family.
It’s where you belong.
Today we will look at the family of God.
We will look at our lives and come to the same conclusion, “This is where I belong?”
We will answer the questions of what are you?
How do we enter the family of God?
And what do we do in the family of God?
Let’s look at .
Read Galatians 3:26-27
Our first point describes who you are if you are in Christ.
If you are in Christ you are a Child of God.
You see this in verse 26 of our text, “for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.”
This answers the first question, “who are you?”
If you’re a believer, you are a son of God, a child of God.
This is probably the most controversial point of this sermon.
Because not everyone is a child of God.
Hear me clearly.
We all are created in God’s image.
All of us are image bearers.
But not all of us are children of God.
Those are two different statements.
Being a child of God describes our relationship to God.
There really are two groups of people in this world.
There are those who are children of God.
These are believers.
Then there are those who are not believers.
There are children of God.
And then there are children of the devil.
But not being a believer is more than just not being a believer, it actually means you are a part of a different family.
When I say there are children of the devil, I don’t mean we are little demons, or actual fallen angels.
I am talking about their relationship to God.
says, “By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.”
None of us are born as children of God.
If you are not in Christ, you are actually children of the devil.
Remember, we are born in the image of God.
The language here is startling.
But we are not born children of God.
Because our underlying assumption is, “I’m okay, you’re okay, we are all okay.”
says that prior to our conversion we were actually, children of wrath.
But we aren’t all okay.
Meaning we didn’t live as children of God, but as children of the devil.
You are either in Christ.
A child mimics his father.
Or you are a child of the devil.
Some of my favorite pictures of my own childhood, are me mimicking my father.
There are two pictures I think of.
And your actions demonstrate this reality.
One is my dad mowing the lawn.
And I had a little toy lawn mower that would shoot out bubbles when you pushed it.
The picture is my dad mowing the lawn, shirtless in the front yard, and me following him shirtless with my bubble lawn mower.
Another picture is a little more disturbing.
It’s a picture of my dad shaving in front of a mirror.
He’s got the shaving creme on his face.
And he’s giving himself a shave.
Then there is me right next to him, with a razor, minus the blade.
I’ve also got shaving creme on my face, and I’m trying to be just like my dad.
I talked to my dad about that picture, and he said he had actually cut himself, and had to put a piece of toilet paper on his face to stop the bleeding.
Apparently, I wanted to be like my dad so much, that he put some of his blood on my face, and put a wad of toilet paper on my face as well.
Families mimic each other.
We mimic our fathers.
In , Jesus said, “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires.
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says we were children of the devil.
In , Jesus said, “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires.
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We mimic our earthly father.
And we mimic our spiritual fathers.
We are a child following Satan with our toy lawn mower.
We are a child in the mirror next to him as he shaves.
And this mimicry is clear because of the presence of sin in our lives.
“You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires.
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Satan is called the Father of lies.
We lie.
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