We have the right...not that God begrudgingly calls us children and cringes every time we mess up. No...He gladly calls us children.

"He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But 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 blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God." - John 1:11-13