The Son of the Living God

The cornerstone of the Christian Church

You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
This is Peter's great revelation, the reference for building the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, known as the Christian church. Contrary to this, despite the warnings of Jesus and the great efforts of the apostle Paul, many churches today are still built on people and not on Christ in us, those who became sons of the living God, like Jesus.

The inclusion of many additions to the word of God has led men away from the path of the Bible. So we keep looking at Jesus Christ as Lord, and He is; however, we cannot even see, much less understand, the beauty, the strength and the power of the central and essential message of the New Testament, which is Christ in us.

You are the Christ, the son of the living God

Jesus made a point of fulfilling all of Scripture to show us the way. He made himself an ordinary human being, was born again, was born of the Spirit of God, was made a son of the living God, and God made him Lord and Christ. Because it is the Spirit of God who makes us sons of God. And it is through the power of the Spirit of God working in the ordinary man, like you and me, that Christ is formed in us.

But, observing religious practice, we see that Christian traditions have not yet understood the fullness of this revelation. So we keep looking at the Christ only in Jesus. In this way we do not receive the completeness of the work of Jesus Christ, which was the sending of the Spirit upon all flesh, as announced by the prophets of the Old Testament, so that Christ may also be formed in us, the other sons of the living God, born of the Spirit, exactly as Jesus revealed to us and the apostle Paul explained in detail.

Therefore, know, understand and comprehend: Jesus finished his work by sending the Spirit of God upon all people, and still today many have not received him. But to all who received him he gave the power to become children of God, who were born again, born of God. John 1

The bondage of corruption

There are truths we do not like to hear, much less admit. So we remain captive, deceived and keeping the same situation. We have heard this so many times that the truth seems strange to us. Let us see some examples:

Lies that seem like truths (this is the definition of deception, the main strategy of the Evil One):

• Man is born good and society corrupts him
• The voice of the people is the voice of God
• Man is a divine being
• Everyone is a child of God
• God is in command
• The Devil is God's enemy
• We must try
• We must seek to be good like Jesus

The biblical truths hidden by use and custom, clarifying these deceptions, in the same order:

• Man is born evil and corrupts any society Gen 6
• Let us analyze the word “democracy”. In Greek, demo means “people” and cracia means “government”. So democracy is the government of the demon, i.e., of the people… lol. Therefore, can we say that the voice of the people is the voice of the demon!?
• Man, in himself, is like an animal Eccl 3
• Children of God are those who are born again, born of God through the Spirit of God John 3  Rom 8
• The whole world is under the power of the Evil One 1 John 5
• The Devil exists and is our adversary, the adversary of human beings; God has no adversaries on his level 1 Pet 5
• The one who tempts is the Devil, the tempter. Our effort must be directed to seeking the Kingdom of God through the Spirit of God Matt 4
• Jesus himself, in his human condition, stated that no one is good except God alone. The natural inclination of the human being, mine and yours, is only and solely toward evil (hard to swallow, isn't it?). For goodness is the fruit of the Spirit of God. It is this goodness that we see in Jesus Christ, even today. And the one who wanted to be like God was Lucifer. Luke 18  Isa 14

The deliverance and freedom of the sons of the living God

Although we do not like to admit it, the whole world is under the power of the Evil One, and he does not set us free willingly. He does it by force, by a power greater than his, which is the power of God, through the Spirit of God. That is why Jesus said that if the son sets us free indeed we will be free, for the Spirit transforms us into sons of God. John 8

Later, Paul spoke of our deliverance from the bondage of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. He also spoke of the surpassing glory of the man transformed by the Spirit of God.  Rom 8   2 Cor 3

Conclusion: are you a child of the living God?

The work of Jesus Christ and his gospel are about the Kingdom of God, The Kingdom, the Dominion of the King who is above the Evil One. Jesus completed it by sending the Spirit of God upon all, granting the only option for our deliverance from this dark world. Even so, God keeps respecting our individual will; unlike the Evil One, who keeps imposing himself.

Since our natural inclination is turned only toward evil, we need to listen to the call of God, which today is carried out through ordinary and flawed people, like you and me, who have already received the Spirit of God. These people remain clay vessels, they remain with their evil natures, with their will inclined toward evil. But they hold a very precious treasure, the Spirit of God.

Therefore, Jesus died to bring us the condition of also being Christ, sons of the living God. Hallelujah!

And now, how do you see yourself? With all due respect: I am not asking for your opinion; or what you think of yourself, because the Bible reveals that our heart is deceitful and tremendously corrupt. And I say that our mind lies to us.

The work of God is to believe in the one sent by God, Jesus taught. Who is that sent one for you, today? The priest, the pastor; or the Spirit of God?

They may be important people for the process. But remember: there is only one Mediator between us and our God, the man Jesus Christ. 1 Tim 2

Are you sure you are a child of the living God? Have you already received the Spirit of God? Or is Jesus still only the dead Lord to you? Acts 19

Last, but not least, consider this: words are necessary, but insufficient; the Spirit is necessary, and sufficient.

LET THERE BE LIGHT!   PEACE!   AMEN!

Learn more in the links below:

Have you already received the Holy Spirit? Because it is impossible to be a Christian without Christ

The fruit of the Spirit Because, ultimately, this fruit is Christ in us

Christ: A new generation A lighthouse hidden by traditions

The great deception: Because the Evil One uses the Word of God to deceive us

The letter kills! Words are necessary, but insufficient

The essence of the Bible The central and essential message of the Bible is Christ in us