Dictionary of Bible Themes The male offspring of parents. While sharing in the general privileges and responsibilities of children, sons had special claims to inheritance from their parents. To refer to Christians as "sons of God" is to identify both their relationship to God and also their rights as heirs of God. A significant number of titles for Jesus Christ make use of the term "Son", stressing the close relationship between the Father and Son. Proverbs 13:22Privileges of sonship Galatians 4:7Inheritance Hebrews 1:2Deuteronomy 8:5 Being disciplined Proverbs 19:18; 29:17Discipline is here seen as a loving means of enabling a child to grow to maturity: Hebrews 12:5-11Revelation 3:19 Luke 11:11-13 Being loved and provided for See also pp Mt 7:9-11 Genesis 17:18-20Being prayed for 2 Samuel 12:16Job 1:5 Genesis 9:23 Examples of good sons Genesis 22:6-12Shem and Japheth Genesis 45:8-11; 47:11-12Isaac Luke 2:51Joseph: 2 Timothy 1:5; 3:14-15The voluntary obedience of the child Jesus towards Mary and Joseph is widely regarded as setting an example for believers. Timothy: Genesis 37:1-35Examples of bad sons Luke 15:11-32Jacob's eleven sons Hebrews 12:5-6Christians as sons of God See also Romans 8:14; 9:262 Corinthians 6:18 Hebrews 12:7 Exodus 2:10 Adopted sons See also Genesis 48:5Genesis 19:12-14 Sons-in-law Judges 19:51 Samuel 18:18-27 Matthew 10:35 Family relationships must be subservient to one's relationship with God Matthew 10:37pp Lk 12:53 Matthew 9:2Son as an honorific term Luke 15:31pp Mt 9:5 1 Timothy 1:18Sons in a spiritual role See also Joel 2:28Acts 2:17 2 Timothy 1:1 Matthew 23:15 Son in a non-literal sense Mark 3:17John 12:36 Acts 4:36 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Isaiah 9:6 Titles of Jesus Christ as Son See also Son Psalms 2:7,12Matthew 3:17 John 3:35 Luke 3:23 Son of Joseph John 1:45; 6:42Jesus Christ is described in this way by those who have yet to understand the circumstances of his conception and birth: Mark 6:3Son of Mary Matthew 15:22See also Son of David Mark 10:47-48Acts 9:20 pp Lk 18:38-39 See also Son of God Matthew 4:3Luke 1:35 John 1:34; 19:7 Romans 1:3-4 1 John 5:5 Matthew 16:16 Son of the living God See also Luke 1:32Son of the Most High Luke 19:10See also Son of Man Matthew 8:20; 17:22Mark 9:12 Luke 17:22 John 5:27 Acts 7:56 See also 2078 Jesus Christ, sonship of5659 bride 5661 brothers 5664 children 5674 daughters 5680 family 5702 husband 5703 inheritance 5708 marriage 5731 parents 6608 adoption 7115 children of God |
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