Are you sure you are a child of God? Not everyone is born a child, but everyone can become one. Here’s how to know for sure.


Are you sure you are a child of God? Not everyone is born a child of God, but everyone can become one. God wants all people to be His children, and there is one way to know this with absolute certainty. The answer will affect your life here on earth and your eternal destiny.
Are you a child of God? This is one of the most important questions you will ever ask yourself, and it deserves an answer you can hold with absolute certainty. Not just a feeling, not just a hope, and not just because someone told you so. There is one way to know for sure that you are God’s own beloved child. Let’s see together today.
I wasn’t always sure that I was a true child of God, and that uncertainty really bothered me. A lot of things! I thought that if I was truly a child of God, I should know that without a doubt. Shouldn’t something this important, this life-changing, be something I’m sure of? What I didn’t fully understand at the time was just how much was at stake, including my eternal destiny.
Yes, I need to be convinced that I am God’s own beloved child, and I hope you do too!
Most of us know who our earthly father is. We are born with a father. And in a very meaningful way, he is equal with God.
God our Father
God created all things, so everyone is God’s creature. But not everyone is a child of God. I know that may come as a surprise to some of you, and I understand if it’s hard to hear. But I am not saying this because it is my opinion. I say this because God says it clearly and repeatedly throughout His Word.
God’s children are born of him, but in a spiritual sense. And here’s what I know for sure: I don’t want to be just a creature of the Lord of the Universe when I could be His own child. The difference is not small. It is enormous, and it is eternal.
The good news, the most wonderful news, is that we can know for sure that we are children of God. To find that certainty, we need to go to the Bible, specifically the book of 1 John.
What a beautiful and powerful little book, filled with some of the most important truths of all Scripture! And it just so happens that the theme of 1 John is…
“That you may know that you are a child of God”
I love that God wants us to know this for sure too. He didn’t leave us to wonder or guess. He gave us His Word so we can be sure.
How to know for sure
Here is how we can know for sure that we are children of God. God makes it so beautifully clear…
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and whosoever loveth the Father loveth the child begotten of him.” 1 John 5:1
This is what God says through the words of the apostle whom Jesus loved…
If you believe that Jesus is the long-awaited Messiah of the Jews, that He came to earth and died on the cross for your sins because you cannot pay your sin debt, then you are His child!
It is through faith in Jesus that everyone can become a child of God. And only by him. If you believe, you are a child of God. And that belief, that saving faith, is the most important thing you will embrace in your life.
But what does it really mean to believe? Because true belief is not just agreeing with a fact. It goes much deeper than that.
True belief
True, saving faith is something that causes you to surrender your life to Jesus as your Lord. It’s not just knowing about Jesus. It is knowing Him, trusting Him fully, and giving Him your life.
“But to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12
Did you catch it? He gave Right To become children of God. Some don’t. Not for the chosen few. from All Those who accept him and believe in his name. It is an open and beautiful invitation to everyone reading these words right now.
If you believe that Jesus is the Messiah, God’s anointed, that great belief will lead you to confess your sins, ask Jesus to be the Lord and center of your life, and in that moment, you are born of God, and you are His child.
father’s love
Have you ever stopped to think how much God loves you? Not a little. Just not enough. But extravagant, overwhelming, can we ever earn or deserve?
“Behold, how great a love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God! And so we are!” 1 John 3:1
Read it again and let it sink in. The Father has showered His love upon us. It is not a small, carefully measured love. It is pouring, flowing, breathing love. And because of that love we are called children of God. Not just creatures. Not just surgeons. Children. His own children.
That truth should make your heart sing!
And here is what flows naturally from that love. When we truly understand how deeply the Father loves us, we cannot help but love Him back. We will love His Word, we will love spending time with Him, and we will love the people He loves, including our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Loving others is an unmistakable sign that we are children of God. It is a sign that the whole world can see.
what love
Now here’s something to think about. God’s idea of love and our idea of love are not the same. The world has a very watered down version of love. God’s love is something different and much greater.
The love that marks a true child of God is not just a feeling of warmth. It’s not just being kind to the people we love. It is a love that is patient and sacrificial. It is a love that forgives, serves, and puts others before ourselves. It is a love that looks like Jesus.
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35
This is the love that distinguishes God’s children. It is visible. It is recognizable. And that is only possible because God first loved us and His Spirit lives within us.
When people look at your life, can they see that love? Not perfect love, because none of us love perfectly this side of heaven. But the growing, true, God-centered and other-centered love that can only come from knowing the Father?
That question is worth sitting with today.
🌿 Tip Box: Want to grow in God’s love? Start by spending time in 1 John every day for a week. It’s a short book, just five chapters, and it will change the way you see God, yourself, and the people around you.
you are his
God wants us all to be His children. Everyone is reading these words right now. He does not want anyone to be lost, and He has made the way beautifully clear. Believe in Jesus. receive it. And you are born of God.
If your heart is fluttering right now, don’t go any further. That stirring is the Holy Spirit drawing you closer. Say yes to it today. There is no better moment, no better decision, and no greater love than the love of your Heavenly Father.
You were created as His child. come home
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Dear Heavenly Father,
I come to you today because I want to be your child. I believe that Jesus is your Son, the promised Messiah, who came to earth and died on the cross to pay for my sins, rose again and lived. I know I can’t save myself. I need it.
I admit that I am a sinner. I am sorry for my sins, And I turned away from them. I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior, And I give him my life. I surrender myself completely to you.
Thank you for your magnificent love. Thank you for sending Jesus. Thank you for making a way to call me your child.
In Jesus name, Amen.
Happy Sunday, friends…







