When we are disowned, we are deprived from the basic dignity of our humanity. As bearers of the imago Dei we were made to reflect God’s glory and to belong with him. Ever since Genesis 3, our hearts long to return to him but are unable to do so. In the grip of sin, our hearts reject the very love they desperately need. That’s why Jesus had to come. He came to his own even if his own rejected him because, by God’s grace, the sinful rebellious hearts of those who respond to him in faith can be born again and become what God made us to be, his children.
