Who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

 Personal relationship with the Father:

 

            His seed abides in us:

 

John 1:13

13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

 

1 John 3:9

9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

 

1 John 4:15

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

           

 

            We may have been born in the natural through the will of our parents, but when we were born again, we were born of God’s will. He desired greatly that we be born from above. We are a part of two worlds. In the flesh, we are a part of this world, but in the spirit realm, we also have a place.          

            Then the next verse says that when we are born of God, His seed abides in us. Can you imagine that? God’s seed abides in us. This verse says that no one who is born of God practices sin. That is just the New American Standard’s way of emphasizing the Greek in this verse. We don’t continually sin, if we are born of God. Our new man cannot sin because he is born of God. However, our soul can choose to sin. As we grow in God, though, we should be sinning less and less often.

            The third Scripture lets us know how we can be sure we’re born of God. It says that if we confess that Jesus is the Son of God, then God abides in us and we in God. To confess means to say the same thing as … in other words, we say the same thing as God says - that we are born of Him.

 

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

            "You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I put My Spirit in you to guide you. You were not born to please man, but to please Me. I will show you the way to do that. As you allow My Spirit to have full control over your life, you will grow in My grace and in the knowledge of Me. As you do, you will be a beacon unto others. You were not born to do the will of the flesh, but to do the will of the Spirit. Stay in My love, and you will walk in My light.”

 

            9. I am born of God, and His seed abides in me. I am in Him, and He is in me.