My First-Born

In light of the fact that my wife is

pregnant with our son, Chase,

 I would like to express my love

for my first-born son, Conner.
 Does that statement puzzle you?

"Caleb, you are not his biological father"

True, however, I adopted Him.

Maybe, you are unaware of what all that entails.

Let me explain.

 

I am a Christian, therefore, I believe I have been adopted

into God's kingdom that was believed to be only for

God's chosen people, the Jews. I am a gentile, you see.

 I was also adopted, The One who adopted me was The God-man.

His name is Jesus. He died on a cross,

and was resurrected on the third day, and by doing so,

He satisfied justice on my behalf, Imputed His righteousness

unto me, paid my sin debt, cleared my dirty record,

and declared me righteous.
 By doing all of that, I am now His son. 

God the Father now looks at me, and sees His Son's righteousness.

His precious blood paid for all of my sins.

 I did nothing to deserve it,

 I was not born into it, but I was brought into it.

Want to know the cool thing?
I get to reap all the benefits,

everyone of them, because I was adopted by Jesus.

 

Now, when I see my adopted son, I see me.

He is not less than,

 a hand-me-down, or not good enough.

His name is Conner Ryan Cole!!
He is more than good enough!!
I am not worthy of Him!!!

I am his father, and I will always be his father.

I love him very much, more than I even know.

I will never show any favoritism, nor will I be partial

 to any of my children. 

He is my son, and he always will be.

He will reap all the benefits. All of them.

 

The only difference is that I am not God, so

I am not a gift to Conner, but He is a grace-gift to me,

and I treasure Him, very, very, very much.

 

 Now, before that time comes when Chase arrives,

and when family and friends

begin saying things like,

"congratulations on having your first-born son!"

I hope you will understand why
 I am a bit direct in saying

"Why are you congratulating me now?

My first-born has already been here for a while,

 his name is Conner....

Put that in your pipe and smoke it."

"He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself,
according the kind intention of His will,
 to the praise of the glory of His grace,
which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved." -Ephesians 1:5-6