The Father's DNA

1 John 4:15 NLT 
All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.

We were all born of a father and a mother. Most of us grew up with a mom and dad, but sometimes they were not our birth mother and father. We acknowledged them in the role they were in often not even knowing until later in life that they were not completely who we thought they were.

Years ago there was no way to tell for sure who we came from. Outward appearance was one way. If you looked exactly like your mother or father when they were you age chances are real good they are your parents. The medical way was to check blood types. It could prove they were not your parents, but not definitely tell if they were.

Today we have DNA testing which can tell at the genetic level if we are a match to the DNA of our parents. I have no first hand experience with this but have watched enough examples on the many crime shows on television to get a feel for it.

So if we acknowledge Jesus as God's Son, then we are born again and He lives in us.

How can we prove it? We cannot go to the doctor and ask for a DNA test to show that we are a child of Father God.

1 John 3:9-10 NLT 
Those who have been born into God's family do not make a practice of sinning, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they are children of God. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.

They will know us by our lifestyle, by how we live our life and love our brothers and sisters in Christ. Our actions as we go about our daily life at home, at work, in the marketplace, and at church is the evidence of who we are in Christ; the evidence of us having the DNA of the Father.