Little Red Book Ministry

The Christian and the Church:
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed
upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him
not” (1 John 3:1).

“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we
are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs
of God, and joint–heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also glorified together” (Romans
8:16–17).

“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye
have love one to another” (John 13:35).
When you were born again, you became a child of God in the most literal sense. So much so, in fact, that you became an heir to the very throne of God. The fact that you are in line behind a host of others including Christ Himself does not change anything. You and your Lord are joint–heirs together. This is also true of every other saved person (all the saints of God). Although we may have the most humble of positions in this world, we will all be royalty in the world to come. This knowledge should dramatically change your approach to fellow Christians. When you have dealings with them, you are dealing not only with a brother or sister, but also with royalty. Therefore, we should all love one another as family and honor one another as royalty. The Bible is very clear on this subject.