The rejection described earlier is not the final word. Those who receive the Word and believe in His name are given a new dignity: the power to become children of God. This gift is not natural but supernatural, a participation in God’s own life (Augustine). It is not inherited through lineage, nor produced by human desire or effort; it comes directly from God’s initiative. To believe is to be drawn into a new birth that has its source in God alone, a birth that reshapes the soul and makes it capable of divine things (Hilary, Origen). This new life is the beginning of a relationship in which God is truly Father and the believer is truly His child.