The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:9-13 ESV)
As a nation built on "justice for all," we have become consumed with our "rights." One right we should insist on is becoming a child of God. But this "right" is not obtained by demanding that we receive it, but by humbly receiving The Light, the Word, Jesus Christ as the Savior we need. We receive the right to be heirs of heaven when we bow before the One who made the world and came to the word, and believe in Him as the one who made us all and indeed owns us all.
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