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John 1:11-13

Notice that the passage teaches us that when we love our enemies, bless them that

curse us, do good to them that hate us, and pray for them that despitefully use us and
persecute us, that we become the children of our Father which is in heaven. Consider
that if he is our “Father” as the above says, then we are already his children by spiri-
tual birth. That we may become the children of our Father teaches us that we, through

loving our enemies, blessing them that curse us, doing good to them that hate us, and
praying for them that despitefully use us and persecute us, manifest our relationship
with our heavenly Father. That is, we become manifest children of God as we emu-
late his perfect example.

Going back to John 1:12 we can now see that this is teaching that we who have
already been born of the Spirit, when we believe on the name of Jesus, that we now
have the power or ability to manifest ourselves as sons of God through emulating his

perfect love.

John 1:11-13 “He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons
of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not
of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”