Are You Royal Like The Ball Python?
If you have spent any time in your local pet store or flipped through a book about snakes, you have probably seen pictures of the Royal Ball Python; more commonly just called the Ball Python. Did you know that the Latin name for this snake is Python regius? The scientific names of animals often will give us a more descriptive name of the animal and it also eliminates the confusion with common names. In the case of the Royal Ball Python, aka Python regius, we know that the genus name Python refers to a class of constricting snakes and the species name, regius, actually means “of the king or belonging to the king.”So let me ask you again, are you royal like the ball python? If you are a believer in
Jesus Christ the answer is YES! Let me break it down for you. John 1:12-13 says “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” Galatians 3:26-27 says “So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” Jesus Christ is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and if you are among those called children of God you too are heirs to royalty. Romans 8:17 says “Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.”
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