Jam 1:18
Of His own will ,He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created
Gregor Mendel ,the father of genetics ,deduced that , all organisms inherit their genetic information(DNA) specifying their structure and function from their parents. Likewise, all cells arise from preexisting cells, so the genetic material must be replicated and passed from parent to progeny cell at each cell division. Hence ,parent -children DNA has high resemblance and homogeneity. This becomes a key indicator of parent -progeny relationship and is largely used to proof disputed parentage .
James explain how Christ “Begot us /birthed us”– gave us the new birth, made us His own children .This was God’s way of delivering us from sin and death . He used the gospel of Christ as the word of truth to give us this new birth . If then we are born of God ,we are legitimate children of God and hence God’s DNA has been passed from Him to us His children. God’s parental obligations over us cannot be disputed. “But as many as received him, to those who believed in his name, to them he gave the right to become the sons 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 1:12-13).
David stretched this truth further by calling men “gods”. “I said, ‘You are gods, and all of you are
children of the Most High’. Psalms 82:6. When you are someone’s child,you are authorized to use their name as your surname. God’s name, is our surname ,and this we know through Christ.
Further readings:
Rom 8:16
Rom 9:8
1Jo 3:8-10
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