I am continuing with my look into the family of GOD as children called by His Name...Special Tiles of membership, our Bible lists many of these separately but here they; Sons of GOD, Heirs of GOD, Chosen Ones, GOD's People, The Elect, and Sons of Light, The Church, The Body and Saints to name but a few.
Special Tiles of Members, the Children of GOD,
Matthew 5:9 (Jesus is speaking) "'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.'"
Luke 20:36 of 34-40 and John 11:52 "Jesus said to them, 'The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage, for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the LORD the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now HE is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live by Him.' Then some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well." For they no longer dared to ask Him any question."
John 11:52 of 47-52 "So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all. Nor do you understand that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish." He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad."
Romans 8:16, 21 of 12-17, 18-25 "So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" The Spirit (being GOD) Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of GOD, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of GOD. For the creation is subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him Who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of GOD. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience."
Romans 9:26 of 19-26 and Galatians 3:26 "You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who can resist His will?" But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?" Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? What if GOD, desiring to show His wrath and to make known His power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of His glory for vessels of mercy, which HE has prepared beforehand for glory— even us whom HE has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? As indeed HE said by Hosea in 2:23, "'Those who were not My people I will call 'My people,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'" In another place again by Hosea in 1:10 "'And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
Galatians 3:26 of 23-29 "Now before faith came, we were held captive under the (Mosaic) Law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. So then, this Law was our guardian until Christ came (when we first became counted among the redeemed and our receiving of the Holy Spirit as our guardian or tutor, teacher and trainer), in order that we might be justified by faith. For now that faith has (become activated within us), we are no longer under a guardian, for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise."
1John 3:10 of 4-10 and 5:2 "Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that HE appeared in order to take away sins, and in Him there was no sin. No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen Him or known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as HE is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of GOD appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of GOD makes a practice of sinning, for GOD's seed (has always) abided in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of GOD. By this it is evident who are the children of GOD, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of GOD, nor is the one who does not love his brother."
1John 5:2 of 1-4 "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of GOD, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of GOD, when we love GOD and obey His commandments. For this is the love of GOD, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of GOD overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith."
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