Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image;
He created him in the image of God;
He created them male and female.
Genesis 5:3
Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image…
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned.
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Ephesians 1:5
God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
Romans 8:14-16 NLT
All who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.
>> What does it mean to be a child of God?
1. A child of God has been
.
John 3:3-6
Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” “How can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
Galatians 2:20 NLT
My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!
2. A child of God takes on the family
.
Galatians 5:22-23a, 25
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control…
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
3. A child of God
as a child to their Father.
1 John 3:1
See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are!
4. A child of God is given
to the
room.
Hebrews 4:16
Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.
Philippians 4:19
My God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
5. A child of God has been
.
Ephesians 1:13
In [Jesus] you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed.
6. A child of God will receive an
.
Ephesians 1:14
The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.
7. A child of God looks forward to seeing their
.
1 Thessalonians 1:10b NLT
…You are looking forward to the coming of God’s Son from heaven—Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment.
Matthew 24:44
“This is why you are also to be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
Revelation 7:9-10
After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
“Salvation belongs to our God,
who is seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb!”
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