Worthy Brief - 11/11/2025
Friend, born of the Spirit: identity received, not achieved!
2 Peter 1:3-4 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
In the kingdom of God, identity is not achieved — it is received. You cannot earn it, perform for it, or inherit it through bloodline or status. It is a gift born from above. Every effort of man to define himself apart from God ends in frustration, but the new birth offers something that no human striving ever could: the life of God implanted within.
When Yeshua (Jesus) spoke to Nicodemus, a respected Rabbi of Israel, He revealed the foundation of true identity. “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old?” Yeshua answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:3–6).
In that conversation, heaven unveiled the mystery of transformation: our first birth gives us life in this world, but our second birth — the birth of the Spirit — gives us life in the kingdom. The first birth makes us children of Adam; the second makes us sons and daughters of God. This is not religion — this is rebirth.
To be born of the Spirit means that your origin has changed. You are no longer defined by your earthly past but by your heavenly source. You were not just forgiven; you were reborn. The Spirit of God Himself breathed new life into your being and placed within you the seed of divine nature. As Peter writes, “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness… that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:3–4).
This means that your identity is not something you work toward — it is something you wake up to. You don’t become a child of God by effort; you recognize who you already are in Him. You were born from above — conceived by grace, sustained by the Spirit, and destined to reflect His glory.
When heaven looks at you, it does not see a struggling soul trying to measure up; it sees one in whom the Spirit of Messiah dwells. You carry within you the very breath of God — the same Spirit that hovered over creation in the beginning, the same power that raised Yeshua from the dead. You are no longer of this world but born from above, set apart to reveal the life of the One who lives in you. Having received the Spirit of adoption, you are no longer bound by fear, for that same Spirit now bears witness with your spirit that you are a child of God, and from deep within your renewed heart rises the cry of sonship — “Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15-16).
That cry of “Abba” is the sound of your true identity — heaven’s declaration that you belong, that you are loved, and that the very life of the Son dwells within you. Your new birth gave you a new voice, the voice of sonship echoing in your heart, reminding you that you are His. So stop striving to become what you already are. You are no longer defined by the flesh but by His Spirit within you. Each day, let the breath of God remind you of your origin — born from above, chosen before time, and filled with the life of Yeshua.
Friend, walk as one who carries heaven’s DNA, for the Spirit of the Living God has taken residence within you. You are not a vessel of weakness but a temple of glory, designed to manifest the life of Yeshua wherever you go. You have been born of the Spirit — not merely touched by God, but transformed by Him from the inside out. You are sealed by grace, marked as His own, and sustained by the very power that raised Yeshua from the dead. The fire of His presence is not a passing feeling; it is the essence of who you now are. So let every step testify to His redemption, let every word reveal His truth, and let every moment carry the fragrance of heaven. Let the life of God burn within you — radiant, unshakable, and eternal.
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George & Baht Rivka (Arad, Israel)
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