How can we become the children of God? Just because we believe in God, can we be the children of God? Jesus gave answer to this question by say, “Not everyone who says to me Lord Lord will enter the Kingdom of heaven.” This means we cannot be the children of God who can become the heir of God only through the faith. Then how can we become the children of God?
Galatians 4:6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
In this verse, God teaches that we can be children of God when we have the Spirit of God in us.
Romans 8:14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
In Romans, Paul also preaches that we can be the children of God when we are led by the Spirit of God in us. Through the verses we can see that we must have the Spirit of God in us to be the children of God. Then how can we have the Spirit of God in us?
John 6:63 The Spirit is the one who gives life and the flesh doesn’t help at all. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.
God teaches us that the words of God is the Spirit. Therefore, when we have the Words of God in us, we can have the Spirit of God in us and we can become the Children of God who can call God, Abba, Father.
Since the Spirit is the words of God that give us life, we should find the words and keep them. Then we can be the children of God, who can inherit the kingdom of heaven as heirs of God. Then what are the words of God that give us life?
On the night of the Passover, Jesus gave us the words of life that lead us to eternal life.
John 6:53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.
Here Jesus gave the words of life by saying that we must eat his flesh and drink his blood to have eternal life. When we eat and drink his flesh and blood, Jesus in spirit will be in us, which means he would put the Spirit of God in us. Then how can we eat his flesh and drink his blood. It is through the Passover. The bread of the Passover signifies the flesh or body of Jesus; the wine of the Passover, the blood of Jesus. (Matthew 26:26)
When we keep the Passover, we can have the words of life of God (or the Spirit of God) in us. Through the Spirit of God in us we can be called the children of God. Thus, the Passover is the way we can be the children of God. Let us keep the Passover and be the children of God who can inherit the kingdom of heaven as heirs of God.