We are the Beloved Children of GOD
Our LORD GOD, JESUS CHRIST, chose to lay down HIS HOLY GODLY LIFE
To die, as our SUBSTITUTE, for our sins
To reconcile us, SINNERS, to HIS HEAVENLY FATHER, ALMIGHTY GOD;
CHRIST enables us, by giving us HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
To call GOD ‘Abba’, FATHER
Making us HIS BELOVED CHILDREN!
CHRIST gave the Apostle John, our REPRESENTATIVE,
HIS MOTHER, The BLESSED VIRGIN MARY,
Enabling him, on our behalf, to call her MOTHER!
Making us HER BELOVED CHILDREN!
CHRIST invites us to make our home in HIM.
By abiding in HIM,
Just as HE promises to make our inner heart
Our SPIRITUAL SANCTUARY,
HIS DWELLING PLACE!
Our LORD GOD asserts that:
‘MY FATHER and I are ONE’
So when we are in HIM,
CHRIST, HIS FATHER and HOLY SPIRIT
Make their Dwelling Place in us,
We become completely GOD’s BELOVED CHILDREN
CHRIST is the AUTHOR of our SALVATION
HIS FORGIVENESS of our sins
Gives us the freedom to seek ALMIGHTY GOD’s face
To come to HIM as HIS BELOVED CHILDREN
This is possible ONLY through CHRIST, GOD’s ONLY BEGOTTEN SON
Almighty GOD’s very own BELOVED SON,
IN WHOM HE IS WELL PLEASED.
We find CHRIST, our SAVIOUR
Happily telling HIS HEAVENLY FATHER
‘Those YOU gave to me I have not lost!’
This inclusive PARDON is the PENALTY PRICE
Our REDEEMER paid,
The MAGNIFICENT LOVE displayed
On THE CROSS OF CALVARY
FOR ALL HIS BELOVED CHILDREN!
Our LORD, JESUS CHRIST’s initiative
Put us right with ALMIGHTY GOD
Let us therefore, with HIS help, walk like Children of GOD!
Shirley Lau