Does having Christian parents make one a child of God?
The beginning of John 1:13 says, “Who were born not of blood.” In the Greek the word blood is plural — bloods. It may pertain to the way two separate bloodlines come together when parents have children. But children of God are not the products of two Christian parents. Your mother might have taught Sunday School for thirty years. Your father might be a minister of the gospel. Your grandfather might have been a missionary in a far-away land. But the blood of your parents cannot make you a child of God. Only the blood of the Savior can do that. Does having Christian zeal make one a child of God? Looking at John 1:13 again we read, “Who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh.” In this context, by will of the flesh John speaks of passion in the sense of human emotion. You can have great passion for the programs, the fellowship, and the activities of a church and still not be a child of God. Being in a youth group does not make you a child of God. Neither does working in a so
