Thursday, November 3, 2011
Descendants versus Children
Jesus told the Pharisees "I know that you are Abraham's descendants....". He later said "if you were Abraham's children...". There is quite a difference in these two verses (John 8:37 & 8:39). It is not enough to be a descendant, I need to be a child. I need to not only have a pedigree, I need to have a Relationship. Jew by birth, we need to be Jews by heart, life and action. This is a great text for the phrase "God has no grandchildren!
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