If don’t practice righteousness … not of God:

1 John 3:10

10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.

            His makes it pretty clear who is of God and who is of the devil. Do you practice righteousness? Then you’re a child of God. If you don’t, then you’re not. Now this doesn’t mean that you never do anything that is not righteous. It means that as a general rule, you are doing things that are pleasing to God. If generally, you’re not doing things that are according to the Word of God, then you’re not of God. You are a child of the devil.

            It also says the one who does not love his brother is not of God. It’s one thing to say that those who do bad things are not of God, but to say that simply not loving your fellow Christian means you’re not of God … that’s quite another story. You may say that you’re not under the Law, and you would be right. However, we’re under even stricter rules of conduct. We get into trouble for just wanting to do the wrong thing. This love that it talks about is not an emotional kind of love. It’s a love in spite of, not because of like the world has. It doesn’t say that you have to like your brother … but you do have to love him/her.

If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what He would say:

            "You are of Me, My little children; for you have been born of Me. My children know Me and My voice. They know when I call to them and they rejoice in My delight of them. If you are Mine, then you will behave as I do. You shall follow in My footsteps as you allow Me to control your lives. Wait for Me, and I will show you how to overcome in all instances. You shall not be controlled by anything if you wait on Me. We shall overcome together as you walk in My Spirit.”

            73. I am a child of God and therefore I will practice righteousness and love my brother or sister.