What is the one thing that makes us children of God?
Scripture teaches that believers become children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, not by keeping the Law. Paul clarifies that this faith is not mere belief that Jesus was Messiah, but trust in His finished work of redemption—His death, burial, and resurrection.
Les explains that Galatians 3 declares believers are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, not by keeping the Law. The Law has been satisfied and completely paid in full through the work of the Cross, so we now enter in by faith plus nothing. Les emphasizes that we become the children of God by one thing and one alone: faith in the finished work of Christ. When Paul speaks of faith in Christ, he means the finished work of redemption—that Christ died, was buried, and rose again—not merely believing that He was the Messiah.
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
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Is it wrong to say I've still got to do this and that to be a child of God?
Millions of so-called Christians fly in the face of this verse by adding 'I've got to do this, I've got to do such and such,' but the verse includes none of that — we become children of God by one thing and one alone, faith in the finished work of Christ.