The Bible says you must be born again. Without the born-again experience, the "kids" are not spiritually born at all and therefore the Father is not their Father. Jesus is the way the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by Him. How does one become born again? John 3:16. For God so love the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosever believeth on HIM hath everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He that believeth is not condemned. But He that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

Religion won't get you there. Relationship will. As Billy Sunday said, going to church won't make you a Christian any more than walking into a garage makes you a car. Jesus calls all to repent and believe the gospel. And His grace is wide.>>2491378