Children Of God
CHILDREN OF GOD
The third aspect is that we are children of God (2:15). Because we have proclaimed this truth, some have falsely accused us of teach ing evolution into God. We certainly do not teach evolution into God. According to the Bible, we testify the fact that, as children of God, we have been born of God. Just as an offspring of a dog has the life and nature of a dog, and a child has the life and nature of his parents, so as children of God we have God's life and nature.
If we were not children of God with the divine life and nature, we could not understand God's operation within us or cooperate with it. Our cooperation with God's operation can be com pared to a three-legged race. In such a race, each person has one leg free and the other bound to one of his partner's legs. It is impossible for a human being to run a three-legged race tied to an animal, because an animal does not have the life and nature to cooperate with a human being. Figuratively speaking, because we have the divine life and nature, we are running a three- legged race with God as our partner. Paul says, "He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit" (1 Cor. 6:17). After our God came through incarnation,