Children By Faith

"For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.  For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ."  Galatians 3:26-27.  Jesus Christ made it possible through His death upon the cross and His resurrection from the grave for all who would believe to become children of God.  We must believe that Jesus died upon the cross and that He was raised from the dead on the third day.  Faith in these two acts of God will allow us to become the children of God.  To become a child of God means that we believe what the gospel teaches.  We believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior and by faith, we accept Him as our Savior and Redeemer.  But faith demands an action.  Faith is an act of obedience.  Faith responds in obedience to the commands of God.  Our faith in Jesus Christ will motivate us to unite ourselves with Christ.  This union is accomplished in baptism.  When we are baptized in water, we put on Christ.  We must put Christ on in baptism so that He is our Savior.  We must put Christ on in baptism so that we experience His death, His burial, and His resurrection by which sins are forgiven.  Faith declares that Christ is our Savior.  Baptism puts us into the salvation of Christ where all eternal blessings are found. With faith in Jesus Christ and by baptism into Jesus Christ, a child of God is born.