But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
A person who receives Jesus does not automatically become a son of God. They have the right to become a child of God, but being made in the image of Christ involves walking with Him through the wilderness and enduring through the end. It is something we do with His leading. We call it sanctification. Then we will see Him face to face and be like Him, unless we stay where we are.
Colossians 3:8-10 (ESV Strong's)
8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
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