Dictionary of Bible Themes 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. Genesis 1:27; 6:2,4Human beings as God's children Psalms 82:6Malachi 2:10 Luke 3:38 Ephesians 3:14 Hosea 11:1 Israel as God's children See also Exodus 4:22-23Psalms 73:15; 80:15 Isaiah 43:6; 63:16 Jeremiah 31:20 Romans 9:4 Isaiah 1:2 See also Israel as God's rebellious children Deuteronomy 32:5,20Isaiah 30:1,9 Jeremiah 3:4-5; 4:22 Ezekiel 20:21 2 Samuel 7:12-14 God's son Promises of God's son See also pp 1Ch 17:11-13 1 Chronicles 22:10; 28:6These words referred originally to David's son, Solomon, but in the NT they are applied to Jesus Christ. Psalms 2:7; 89:26-27Hebrews 1:5 See also Jesus Christ as God's son Matthew 3:17Luke 1:32 pp Mk 1:11 Acts 13:33pp Lk 3:22 Romans 1:4Matthew 9:2 Jesus Christ's followers as God's children Matthew 9:22pp Mk 2:5 pp Mk 5:34 pp Lk 8:48 John 1:12-13Becoming God's children through faith in Jesus Christ See also Becoming God's children by new birth John 12:36Romans 9:8 Galatians 3:26 1 John 5:1 Ephesians 1:5 See also Becoming God's children by adoption Romans 8:23Galatians 4:4-5 This adoption will be fully realised in the future Romans 8:15See also Becoming God's children by the Spirit Galatians 4:61 John 3:1 God's dealings with his children See also God loves his children Deuteronomy 1:31Psalms 103:13 Ephesians 5:1 Deuteronomy 8:5 See also God disciplines his children Proverbs 3:11-12Hebrews 12:5-10 Hosea 1:10 God does not abandon his children See also Deuteronomy 31:6,8God had previously (Hos 1:9) announced his judgment that Israel would be his people no longer. Joshua 1:5Hebrews 13:5 Jeremiah 31:9 Malachi 3:17 Luke 15:24 Romans 9:26 Ephesians 5:1 Behaviour expected of God's children See also God's children imitate their heavenly Father Matthew 5:48Luke 6:36 Philippians 2:15 See also God's children live by the Father's standards Leviticus 11:44-45Deuteronomy 14:1-2 Matthew 5:9,44-45 Romans 8:14 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 pp Lk 6:35-36 1 Peter 1:14-161 John 3:10 John 8:35 The privileges and blessings of being God's children See also God's children are eternally secure Romans 8:16,211 John 5:19 Matthew 7:9-11 The needs of God's children are always supplied See also Matthew 6:25-32pp Lk 11:11-13 Luke 20:36pp Lk 12:22-30 Romans 8:23needs for the present life Revelation 21:7promises for the life to come See also God's children have a sure inheritance Jeremiah 3:19Romans 8:17-19 Galatians 4:7 1 John 3:2 See also 1040 God, fatherhood1085 God, love of 2218 Christ, Son of God 5702 husband 6610 adoption, descriptions 6658 freedom 7140 people of God 8020 faith 8104 assurance 8230 discipline 8266 holiness 8449 imitating |
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