**Children of God or children of the devil: there is no middle ground**
*"Be ye holy; for I am holy"* (1 Peter 1:16). It's not a suggestion, it's a command. And it's precisely this holiness that separates those who are children of God from those who, even while claiming to believe, still live as children of this world. *"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil"* (1 John 3:10). One side or the other. There is no middle path.
It isn't about having gone into the water of baptism. It isn't about confessing the name of Jesus with your mouth. It isn't about attending church every week. All of that matters, but it isn't the proof. The proof is being born again. *"Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his"* (Romans 8:9). A person can be inside a church, sing, raise a hand, say "I believe," and still have never been truly transformed on the inside — because real faith produces conversion and no longer walks in the flesh but in the Spirit, and whoever walks in the Spirit walks in holiness.
Jesus Himself said this to Nicodemus: *"Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God"* (John 3:5). It isn't enough to be born once, in the flesh. You must be born again, in the Spirit. And whoever is born again is set free — no longer enslaved to the same sin, the same unclean life, the same habit he claimed to love more than he loved God. *"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed"* (John 8:36).
That's why there are millions of people today who say they believe in Jesus, but live exactly as they lived before knowing Him — the same filth, the same lies, the same life divided between the world and the church. That is not having the Spirit of God. That is having religion without transformation. And *"without holiness no man shall see the Lord"* (Hebrews 12:14).
So the question isn't whether you've already gone into the water, already prayed the sinner's prayer, already attend a service. The question is: were you set free from sin, or did you just learn to live alongside it inside the church? Do you have the Spirit of God transforming your life from within, or do you only have the appearance of someone who believes?
Sanctify yourself. Not because the church demands it, but because only then are you truly a child of God — not just someone who uses His name.
*Remember that the Word of God is a statute.*
*"Be ye holy; for I am holy"* (1 Peter 1:16). It's not a suggestion, it's a command. And it's precisely this holiness that separates those who are children of God from those who, even while claiming to believe, still live as children of this world. *"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil"* (1 John 3:10). One side or the other. There is no middle path.
It isn't about having gone into the water of baptism. It isn't about confessing the name of Jesus with your mouth. It isn't about attending church every week. All of that matters, but it isn't the proof. The proof is being born again. *"Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his"* (Romans 8:9). A person can be inside a church, sing, raise a hand, say "I believe," and still have never been truly transformed on the inside — because real faith produces conversion and no longer walks in the flesh but in the Spirit, and whoever walks in the Spirit walks in holiness.
Jesus Himself said this to Nicodemus: *"Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God"* (John 3:5). It isn't enough to be born once, in the flesh. You must be born again, in the Spirit. And whoever is born again is set free — no longer enslaved to the same sin, the same unclean life, the same habit he claimed to love more than he loved God. *"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed"* (John 8:36).
That's why there are millions of people today who say they believe in Jesus, but live exactly as they lived before knowing Him — the same filth, the same lies, the same life divided between the world and the church. That is not having the Spirit of God. That is having religion without transformation. And *"without holiness no man shall see the Lord"* (Hebrews 12:14).
So the question isn't whether you've already gone into the water, already prayed the sinner's prayer, already attend a service. The question is: were you set free from sin, or did you just learn to live alongside it inside the church? Do you have the Spirit of God transforming your life from within, or do you only have the appearance of someone who believes?
Sanctify yourself. Not because the church demands it, but because only then are you truly a child of God — not just someone who uses His name.
*Remember that the Word of God is a statute.*
**Children of God or children of the devil: there is no middle ground**
*"Be ye holy; for I am holy"* (1 Peter 1:16). It's not a suggestion, it's a command. And it's precisely this holiness that separates those who are children of God from those who, even while claiming to believe, still live as children of this world. *"In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil"* (1 John 3:10). One side or the other. There is no middle path.
It isn't about having gone into the water of baptism. It isn't about confessing the name of Jesus with your mouth. It isn't about attending church every week. All of that matters, but it isn't the proof. The proof is being born again. *"Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his"* (Romans 8:9). A person can be inside a church, sing, raise a hand, say "I believe," and still have never been truly transformed on the inside — because real faith produces conversion and no longer walks in the flesh but in the Spirit, and whoever walks in the Spirit walks in holiness.
Jesus Himself said this to Nicodemus: *"Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God"* (John 3:5). It isn't enough to be born once, in the flesh. You must be born again, in the Spirit. And whoever is born again is set free — no longer enslaved to the same sin, the same unclean life, the same habit he claimed to love more than he loved God. *"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed"* (John 8:36).
That's why there are millions of people today who say they believe in Jesus, but live exactly as they lived before knowing Him — the same filth, the same lies, the same life divided between the world and the church. That is not having the Spirit of God. That is having religion without transformation. And *"without holiness no man shall see the Lord"* (Hebrews 12:14).
So the question isn't whether you've already gone into the water, already prayed the sinner's prayer, already attend a service. The question is: were you set free from sin, or did you just learn to live alongside it inside the church? Do you have the Spirit of God transforming your life from within, or do you only have the appearance of someone who believes?
Sanctify yourself. Not because the church demands it, but because only then are you truly a child of God — not just someone who uses His name.
*Remember that the Word of God is a statute.*
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