Revelation 3:20

"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat [have fellowship] with him, and he with me."

There are four important things to see in this verse: 

• Jesus is talking about the door to your heart.
• Jesus knocked on that door. He didn’t force Himself into your life.
• Jesus promised to come in when the door was opened.
• Jesus promised He would have fellowship with you.

Ephesians 3:16-19

"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."

Now it is important for you to be ROOTED and ESTABLISHED in your faith in Christ's love. As you grow in your new relationship with God you will understand the love of Christ more fully and your life will be filled with more and more of God.

You Became A Child Of God! As a result of inviting Jesus into your heart you BECAME a child of God. You were not a child of God before! Many people think that just because they are human beings that they are children of God. According to the Bible that is not true!

John 1:12-13

"Yet to all who received him [Jesus Christ], to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God."

Becoming a child of God is not:

• Like becoming a human child who is descended from certain ancestors.
• Like being adopted through a legal decision in a court of law.
• Like being born through the natural physical process between a husband and wife.

I John 3:1-2

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God..."
 

There are four things you need to see in these verses: God loves you! He is not ashamed to call you His child. And that is exactly what you are - God's child! The world will think you are different.

Jesus described this spiritual birth to Nicodemus:

John 3:1-8

“Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him." In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water AND the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."

Just as a person has to be born physically to be alive physically, a person must be “born spiritually” to be alive spiritually. When Jesus refers to being “born of water” He is talking about the water of the womb; referring to physical birth. That is also what He means when He says “flesh gives birth to flesh.” When He refers to being born “again” He is talking about being born spiritually. This is being “born of the Spirit.” Just as He said flesh gave birth to flesh He said “the Spirit gives birth to spirit.” Your spiritual birth is just as real as your physical birth was, even though you and others can’t see it any more than you can see the wind. But just like you can see the results of the wind's presence, you can see the results of the presence of Jesus Christ in a person's life after they are born spiritually!

You Know, In Your Spirit, You Are God's Child When a person is truly born spiritually they know it inside because the Holy Spirit witnesses with their own spirit that they are children of God.

Romans 8:13-16

“...you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.”

You can cry out to God “Abba, Father” which means something like “daddy”. It is a term of endearment and shows how close your relationship with God is. You can count on God to be there for you whenever you call on Him!

Your Life Changes! When you accepted Jesus as your Savior your life actually changed. Your old "self" is gone. You are a totally new person in God's eyes!

2 Corinthians 5:17

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
 

Philippians 2:14-16

“Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life...”

Since Jesus now lives in you and you are God’s child, a real change has taken place in your life. You should live in such a way that people can see the difference in your life. God intends our lives will shine out as examples of love, and forgiveness, and goodness, in a world filled with hate and revenge and evil!

I John 3:2-3

“Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.”

When Jesus comes back, you will be like Him! So, with God’s help, purify yourself!