John 1:10-13. A human is not automatically a child of God. To be a child of God, one has to become one, and you cannot become what you already are. The condition for becoming a child of God is – you must receive Christ and believe on His name. Not all human beings become children of God. Not all receive Christ. The process by which one becomes a child of God: What it is not. Not a physical birth. Not something we do by our own will and power. The process by which one becomes a child of God: What it is. God’s creatures are made by Him; God’s children are begotten by Him. Example: an engineer can make a computer; but he has to beget a child. The computer can do greater things than the child, but the child possesses the engineer’s life; a relationship; enjoyment of the father’s life; love and fellowship.
John 1:10–13