Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 7000 God's people » 7100 Titles of the people of God » 7115 children of God Israel and the church are the chief objects of God's fatherly love. People become God's children through faith and are then encouraged by Scripture to imitate their heavenly Father in their daily living. Human beings as God's children Genesis 1:27; Genesis 6:2,4; Psalm 82:6; Malachi 2:10; Luke 3:38; Ephesians 3:14 Israel as God's children Hosea 11:1 See also Exodus 4:22-23; Psalm 73:15; Psalm 80:15; Isaiah 43:6; Isaiah 63:16; Jeremiah 31:20; Romans 9:4 Israel as God's rebellious children Isaiah 1:2 See also Deuteronomy 32:5,20; Isaiah 30:1,9; Jeremiah 3:4-5; Jeremiah 4:22; Ezekiel 20:21 God's son Promises of God's son 2 Samuel 7:12-14 pp 1 Chronicles 17:11-13 These words referred originally to David's son, Solomon, but in the NT they are applied to Jesus Christ. See also 1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 C 6; Psalm 2:7; Psalm 89:26-27 Jesus Christ as God's son Hebrews 1:5 See also Matthew 3:17 pp Mark 1:11 pp Luke 3:22; Luke 1:32; Acts 13:33; Romans 1:4 Jesus Christ's followers as God's children Matthew 9:2 pp Mark 2:5; Matthew 9:22 pp Mark 5:34 pp Luke 8:48 Becoming God's children through faith in Jesus Christ Becoming God's children by new birth John 1:12-13 See also John 12:36; Romans 9:8; Galatians 3:26; 1 John 5:1 Becoming God's children by adoption Ephesians 1:5 See also Romans 8:23 This adoption will be fully realised in the future; Galatians 4:4-5 Becoming God's children by the Spirit Romans 8:15 See also Galatians 4:6 God's dealings with his children God loves his children 1 John 3:1 See also Deuteronomy 1:31; Psalm 103:13; Ephesians 5:1 God disciplines his children Deuteronomy 8:5 See also Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:5-10 God does not abandon his children Hosea 1:10 God had previously (Hos 1:9) announced his judgment that Israel would be his people no longer. See also Deuteronomy 31:6,8; Joshua 1:5; Hebrews 13:5; Jeremiah 31:9; Malachi 3:17; Luke 15:24; Romans 9:26 Behaviour expected of God's children God's children imitate their heavenly Father Ephesians 5:1 See also Matthew 5:48; Luke 6:36 God's children live by the Father's standards Philippians 2:15 See also Leviticus 11:44-45; Deuteronomy 14:1-2; Matthew 5:9,44-45 pp Luke 6:35-36; Romans 8:14; 2 Corinthians 6:17-18; 1 Peter 1:14-16; 1 John 3:10 The privileges and blessings of being God's children God's children are eternally secure John 8:35 See also Romans 8:16,21; 1 John 5:19 The needs of God's children are always supplied Matthew 7:9-11 pp Luke 11:11-13 See also Matthew 6:25-32 pp Luke 12:22-30 needs for the present life; Luke 20:36; Romans 8:23 promises for the life to come God's children have a sure inheritance Revelation 21:7 See also Jeremiah 3:19; Romans 8:17-19; Galatians 4:7; 1 John 3:2 See also
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