God's grace has granted us Jesus' unmerited favor. Jesus is the "firstborn from the dead" (Colossians 1: 18, Revelation 1: 5) and the firstborn of many brethren (Romans 8: 28). Jesus is the "Firstborn", which indicates that there is a second-born, a third-born, etc.
Who are all of those other "born"? Every person who believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who came in the flesh to die for our sins, to grant us His righteousness, and to give his the Spirit of Adoption (Romans 8: 15).
We are:
"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3: 3)
and
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." (1 Peter 1: 23)
and
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead," (2 Peter 1: 3)
AA tells us that we are "alcoholics" who need to work a program, and that we can only rest in a daily reprieve. In Christ, we are taken from dead in our trespassses to alive and in full glory through Christ Jesus.
Resentment and frustration cannot break our fellowship, our sonship before God in Christ. Such a notion is just unthinkable in the fact of the truth.
First resentment and then frustration were the focal points in my life. Now, there is nothing but exhilaration, because Jesus Christ is my life, and in Him I am blessed with all spiritual blessings (Ephesians 1: 3)!
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