In order for us to be brought into God’s family, his Son had to die. [8] But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Do people worship angels? Trillia Newbell is the author of numerous books, including a six-week Bible study on Romans 8. 3. Gen 1:26-31 is the declaration of Man's creation with the command to be fruitful and multiply. In this lesson, we will see the responsibilities of the family members in God’s original design. Even when we meet people in the church for the very first time, we do not feel as though they are perfect strangers to us because of that commonality. He’s been called the pastor for the poor. Holy Days: Last Great Day. In a local fellowship, people of many spiritual gifts and practical talents can find opportunities to serve the Lord and work together in furthering God’s kingdom on earth. (Part One). When John wrote I John 3:1-3, he did not use the word "motivation." He is increasing His number. We take bold steps of faith because we know who is with us, who supports us, and who fights our battles. In the context of Ephesians 2, the two kinds of people were Israelites and Gentiles. We are pilgrims on the same road. Sometimes it’s easy for us to … Instead, only those who do the will of God can be called His true family (Mark 3:31–35). Spiritually speaking, we will be the kings God promised would descend from Jacob (Genesis 35:12). He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God” (vv. Proverbs 1:8 “Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s … The Fourth Commandment. The word "choose" suggests taking a smaller number out of a larger. If these words teach us anything, it is that Christ not only undertakes our justification but also our sanctification. God designed the curse on Adam to enhance man's chance to enter His Family! With God at the head—not Adam—this means this genealogy is God's, which includes Adam, and makes God the father of all humanity. We are children of God and a fellow heir with Christ. . The weakest lamb shall not be … Racial reconciliation is not only possible; it’s a must because we are the very family of God. Their attitudes and conduct revealed who their true spiritual father was; they were in Satan's image. We are so important to Him that His Son died for us. God says we will be worthy of worship as part of the God Family. Think of this in terms of humanity. The family is a masterpiece of God’s Creation. There is no denying the importance of family. 2) Was John the Baptist related to Jesus? Sermon on the Family of God. We are God's children now, not in metaphor, but in fact. There are many verses of similar general nature, for instance II Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 4:24; I Thessalonians 4:7; I Timothy 2:15; I Peter 1:15-16. We absolutely do not have to wait for the resurrection at Christ's return to be considered by God as part of His Kingdom. To be a member of the family of God means to be secure and confident. Our relationships go much further than caring for one another, of course, but often these tangible expressions are the means of expressing our importance to one another. He is greater than angels, and we are going to be conformed to Him! Jesus says that peacemakers "shall be called sons of God." Hebrews 12:7-8 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? – Ephesians 2:19. It was long and agonizing — and it was for us. Genesis 1:26 shows that God's intent is to recreate Himself and to have a Family of spirit beings. Brothers and sisters. It is an obscene fallacy to consider that mankind needs to be "redeemed" from God's law. And Hebrews 3:2 comments, "Moses also was faithful in all His house.". Because of this fact, man is substantially distinct from all other mortal creatures. Who is God’s Family? By God's adoption of us, it becomes our responsibility to grow in godly character, upholding His name and bringing honor upon it by our words, attitudes, and deeds. My husband and I are united through the covenant of marriage and have the great responsibility from God of shepherding our children. It can go either way. One died in infancy; eight brothers and sisters grew to adulthood. It reveals that mankind has sprung from God. Our bodies will be like God's body. It is our responsibility to do what we can to submit to God, so we are living as He does. 1 Peter 2:9-10. With this wonderful potential ahead of us, we can eagerly echo the apostle John's words in Revelation 22:20: "Even so, come, Lord Jesus! "All His house" is a figure of speech, indicating that "house" is put for itself (that is, the building) and everything in it. Peacemaking is indeed a high standard and a worthy vocation, yielding a wonderful reward that is worth bending our every effort to submit to God and seek His glorification. Galatians 1:2-4 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). Ephesians 2:19 tells us that when we were born again, we were born into God’s household. (From Forerunner Commentary), The last part of God's curse on Adam involves the brevity of physical life. Nevertheless, He never gave them His Spirit and never really revealed to them what He was doing with their lives. What the Bible says about We will be like Him! There are no wars (considering nations being families grown great) that are more vicious and terrible than inter-family wars, which we call "civil wars.". He expects us to respond to and obey it, to submit to it out of respect for Him because we want things to go well for ourselves, our families, and our loved ones. There is a bond or union between us because we love the same Person. After the Flood, all of mankind has sprung from Noah. The Spirit drives us from Babel to Pentecost, which is why “the works of the flesh” Paul warns about include “enmity, strife, jealousy. So begins my study into the second purpose of my life. Only those who possess the Holy Spirit and are led by Him are the children of God. Please consider supporting our ministry by becoming a monthly partner. For instance, in John 8:38, 41, 44, Jesus tells the Jews that Satan is their father. There is nothing ambiguous, cloudy, or vague about this. What other creature that God has created has been given the Spirit of God and is being conformed to His image? John argues that such a teaching denies the family relationship of the Father and the Son, obscuring the true nature of God. The apostles will be kings, too, in this Kingdom, which is also a Family. He created us and then he adopted us as his very own children. If anything, as Hebrews 3:17 declares, they deteriorated as they went along. God says to Moses, "There is no one like you." John W. Ritenbaugh The Berean: Daily Verse and Comment Sign up for the Berean: Daily Verse and Comment, and have Biblical truth delivered to your inbox. We are going to be like Him, and He is worthy of worship. Are we neglecting the fact that God will turn the governance of the things He has made—this awesome universe—over into our hands? As his creator and thus father, He has taken His prerogative and named the man He had created in His likeness "Adam.". People just cannot accept the simple truth of the Bible, that God is expanding. God's law points out to people why they are reaping the negative consequences of the choices they make—why they are in bondage to sin and condemned to pay the physical and spiritual price. We have been called into an association—a companionship, a fellowship, a communion—with Christ. Truly, He died for the whole world, but right now, before He calls and converts the whole world, it is for you and me that the Creator died so that we could become co-heirs withHim. Of course, God certainly did not use them for the purpose of abuse. Which one does Paul intend us to understand? Earl L. Henn (1934-1997) As part of God's family we are given spiritual gifts that we can use to grow and strengthen the family, which is the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12). God backed His prophet up, saying that Miriam and Aaron were completely out of line. 42, 44, 47). The depiction of the church as God’s household can help us conceive of our role as shepherds and stewards of God in our churches. He doesn’t call the righteous, he redeems sinners. 1 John 3:1-2 ... but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, John 17:11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. He is the Artisan at work, and we are being created in Christ Jesus into a fellowship that is so close that it is likened to a family. Right before God gave Israel the Ten Commandments, in a preamble of sorts, He stated very clearly, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" (Exodus 20:2). The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. Our inheritance is to enter that Family by being born again (John 3:3). For the Perfecting of the Saints. (paragraphing added). We are to be conformed to His image. His sin had removed him from the environs of the heavenly and forced him to dwell, labor, and die in the earthly. God put children in families so they can experience His love and learn how to love others. First: I opened a store!It has a poster of this, as well as updated versions of the Norse and Greek We will either become a more unified part of His Family or less. What are we called in the church? Richard T. Ritenbaugh We are now the sons of God, and we shall become like Him as we labor to purify our conduct and attitudes to conform to His image. No image—whether it is a reproduction in a flat mirror, a three-dimensional hologram, or a living child of a parent—is an exact replica or image, because each person has his own peculiarities. We are members of his family, and He lovingly and tenaciously watches over us. He engineered and created it. The family was instituted by God in the Garden of Eden Genesis chapter 1:26-31 and Gen. 2:18-25. It does not say they will be conformed to be like a better human being. This sonship is by adoption, because our first father was Satan the Devil! The gospel explains, not only that it is coming, but also how we can be a part of it. John W. Ritenbaugh And like him, those who remain faithful among us will someday prevail, qualifying to rule as God—princes forever with Him. The Bereans "received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so" (Acts 17:10-11). Even before his death Jesus affirmed the importance of being a part of the family of God. . We are literally baptized into the name of God. The law does not keep one in bondage—sin does. We are not going to be conformed to angels. John W. Ritenbaugh However, we will still be God. He calls us "all of one" because we are all of one Father, and therefore of one family. In order for us to become holy, God had to reveal some things to us, which Paul discusses in verses 5-12. When we are resurrected we will bear the image of our Father. Concluding the section is God's declaration that it was very good. The word "holy" implies the choosing had a moral aim in view. Are we, in the rush of life, forgetting who we are? "Gospel" derives from an old English word meaning "good news." we shall be like Him." The lesson is followed by a paper doll self portrait craft activity. Family Memory Verse. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. Baptism serves to induct us into God's church and Family. He has given us the mechanism by which a relationship can be accomplished, and now the critical part is in our hands: yielding to the truth that He gives to us. To the Christian, then, Christ's friend is our friend. Yes, Israel isan apt designation for God's church; the Israel of God will rule as God. If we distort the image of Jesus Christ and who He was, we end up altering our concept of the Father also. Transfer this analogy into the spiritual realm, into the Family of which we are already considered to be a part. It can be adapted for use in a preschool classroom or elementary aged classroom. Paul here is beginning to explain that physical lineage is not relevant where God's calling is concerned, because under the New Covenant only God can give the summons (John 6:44), and if He summons a Gentile, it is just as valid as if He gave it to an Israelite. This is hard to accept here in this Western world, and this resistance to accepting what the Bible clearly reveals about the God Family has in large measure led to the introduction of the "Trinity." Afterwards, when a minister lays his hands on us, God gives us of His Spirit, and we truly become Christians, members of the body of Christ. As members of the God Family—children of God, we will be God, ruling as He would rule. The Bible tells us that when we trust in Jesus and are united with him in baptism, we all become the children of God. All through the wilderness trek and on to their deaths, neither they nor their relationship with God improved in any way. It is our righteous living in the flesh through the grace of God that qualifies us for this glorious potential. Paul is referring to the Lord, who is God! The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Thirteen). On the flip side, our physical nature also makes it possible for God to rid the universe of anyone unwilling to submit to Him. Do we still wonder at its meaning? We are redeemed from the bondage of sin and its consequences, not from the perfect law of God! The First Prophecy (Part Three). God gave his Son for us to be called sons. And because we have God's Spirit in us, we become God's children and heirs with Christ of all things (Romans 8:14-17; Hebrews 2:5-13)! God has put us in charge to meet the needs of the various members of his spiritual household, the extended family of God. We do not have to feel like we just crawled from under a rock! Our bodies will be conformed to be like His. These two verses in the genealogy of Adam might seem unimportant at first. Furthermore, John writes, anyone who denies that Jesus was God in the flesh, subject to temptation just like all human beings, "does not have the Father either." It does not say they will be conformed to be like an angel's. This genealogy eventually comes to Noah, who had three sons, and each of them married. B. Phillips' translation of this passage shows striking perception: Consider the incredible love that the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called "children of God" and that is not just what we are called, but what we are. This daily newsletter provides a starting point for personal study, and gives valuable insight into the verses that make up the Word of God. Our choice is the critical factor. Here upon earth they may be scattered, tried, tossed with tempests, and bowed down with afflictions. Jesus isn’t making a statement that our biological families are no longer important (see Matthew 15:3). You have probably heard of … Even now, we are the "apple of God's eye," the focus of His attention. Are we who call Him "Abba, Father" not already His children? The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. Hey, great to see you again! But do we take the name of Jesus for granted? God is increasing the number of those who are in the God Family. The gospel is for all nations. Paul writes in Romans 5:12, "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.". Moses, then, was faithful—he was without peer—in all of God's Household, God's Family. See what over 150,000 subscribers are already receiving each day. Bible Verses about Family of God. The Resurrection From the Dead, Following this time of judgment, God will create "a new heaven and a new earth" - a clean, pure world fit for God the Father Himself. Christians in the prime of life have many responsibilities in the church. They did not even have access to Him. This explains why the world will no more recognize us than it recognized Christ. This verse plainly states that "now we are children of God; and . He doesn’t discriminate based on ethnicity. One source, God, produces the commonality that makes us a spiritual Family. But we should not undervalue what we are. As Christians we are adopted children of God. Only in the family of God can people so distinctly different be the same (equal in creation and redemption) and counted as sisters and brothers in a new family. See what over 150,000 subscribers are already receiving each day. It has not happened very often in mankind's history. The eradication of the differences that we bring with us into the church and the building of the commonality are primarily the creative work of God. The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Eight). They were, in a sense, actors on a stage; God was moving them about so that a record would be left for us: the Bible. This doctrine is not ambiguous in any way. The firstborn was a son, eight others were born after him. He does not necessarily mean just the Ten Commandments, because everything that comes from His mouth is true and becomes law to His children. The process of identification with Christ has begun and is not yet complete, but it is moving in that direction. Men can die and be resurrected, following the pattern set by Christ, receiving eternal life and the rewards of His Kingdom. The Beatitudes, Part 7: Blessed Are the Peacemakers. “We’re part of the family that’s been born again; Part of the family who love knows no end; For Jesus as saved us, and made us His own, No we’re part of the family that’s on its way home. . Love remembers “one for all and all for one.” “Is not easily provoked…” (I Corinthians 13:5) But even more startling is that God considers true Christians to be part of the God Family already! . We will be part of that God Family. 1. We see evidence of this around us every day, in our communities, in the news headlines, and in our own hearts. Such a thing is unseen in the history of men. . What Does God Say About Families? Elderly members of God's family may not be able to do the physical work they once did, but they are valuable teachers, leading the way to God in the latter years of life. Why do we have this image? Jesus Christ preached a specific gospel - not about Himself, but "the gospel of the kingdom of God"! We will be just as much "God" as a baby in the human family is a "human" like its parents. We’re on a mission to change that. He has done what He has done. One family. There’s another family that is of great value to the Lord and that is the family of God. Like him, we will eventually have a new name (Revelation 3:12). Unity (Part 3): Ephesians 4 (A). As a result, we should be united in Christ. What would happen if your church saw a white millionaire corporate vice president being mentored by a Latino minimum wage-earning janitor because both know the janitor is more mature in the things of Christ? God also doesn’t look at our outward appearance to determine whether he will adopt us. When we add the thought of Hebrews 2:11, interesting ramifications concerning us surface: "For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren." It begins with a biological affinity, and the children of a mother and a father are genetically closer to each other than they are to their parents. There were a number of ordinary prophets, who had to be content with visions and dreams, but God spoke to Moses personally. Rather, the Docetists claimed that Jesus—the Man whom John had heard, seen and touched—was not truly God in the flesh and that the true Christ was an ethereal being in heaven. If we do, we will not take Passover in the right attitude, because what Passover represents was done for us so that we would be in a position to inherit all things. Father John Enzler, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese … Continue reading "Serving the members of God’s family" Thus He has no shame in calling us brethren. This is what God is creating, a family, a nation. . His Kingdom will be peopled by sons and daughters whom He has tested and found faithful even when tempted by false prophets. That’s the Lord’s desire for us in our families. Who Are These People? A family of which God is a part is a spiritual organism, and we are in it in a spiritual relationship, gradually taking on the characteristics of that spirit Family. He takes priority, and so does his kingdom — so much so that those who follow him are counted as his brother and sister and mother — his family. How would we like to be accused as Moses was, then witness God Himself make a dramatic entrance and hear His voice boom out in poetry in our defense, saying that we are without peer amongst all the people? Why are we like him? Through the sanctification process we are changed, and become more and more in His likeness, and upon our resurrection we will be raised with incorruptible spirit bodies, fully part of the Kingdom—the Family—of God. That is pretty impressive! We have come later, but we will be just like the Firstborn. Paul teaches us how to appreciate our adoption when we consider the plight of non-family members. It dogmatically informs us that we have already been conveyed, translated, or transferred into His beloved Son's Kingdom. It should be noted that He did this for all men, not just for the Jews. God designed His wording of Adam's punishment to link mankind with the earth: He was created out of it, and when he died, he would return to it. Maybe the best news about our adoption into God’s family is that it is not dependent on us. The benefit of a physical body is that it can die! Here and now, my dear friends, we are God's children. In fact, the reason that the Israelites failed was because of their lack of faith. Richard T. Ritenbaugh We have been born into this earth, the offspring of Adam, as Acts 17 clearly proves. Are not all people, everywhere, God’s children? Yes, Israel isan apt designation for God's church; the Israel of God will rule as God. When we are born into the God Family, will we be any less than He is? 2 and all the members of God’s family [] who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God … John W. Ritenbaugh The conforming is to be to God. As was the man of dust, so also those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. The scales will be removed at that time. This produces peace both passively and actively: passively, because we are not a cause of disruption, and actively, because we create peace by drawing others to emulate our example and by them seeking for the tranquillity and pleasure we have as a result. We have been blessed beyond our wildest imaginations, but for now in God's plan, we are a little lower than Elohim. He came proclaiming the good news that God's Kingdom would come and restore all things (Acts 3:19-21). He’s got a colorful family, and therefore so do we. For all eternity, "there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying; and there shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." Yet, what a future lies before us! John writes in I John 3:1-3: Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God. Big Question: What are the responsibilities of each member of the family according to Paul? This statement would have been a bombshell - and high heresy - to the average Jew of Paul's time, who would have had it in his mind that the people of Israel were the only children of God. “Seeketh not her own…” (I Corinthians 13:5) Love seeks first God’s kingdom. This particular verse is written in such a way as to be translated either "with" or "in": Our fellowship is with Christ, or our fellowship is in Christ. Russell Moore puts it like this in Adopted for Life: Our adoption means . We will be ruling over all of God's creation as members of the God Family throughout all eternity! As the notes at Galatians 4:3 show, God's intent and desire is to free us from the bondage of sin, just as He redeemed the Israelites from Egypt. Once we understand the Bible's usage of the words "sons" and "children," we can easily see that this beatitude does not apply to worldly people. In Christ, we find Christ. When we become a part of the family of God, we are all brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. Are we sons of Adam? As we recognize, accept, and embrace our new family, we experience the walls of hostility abolished, torn down, no more. Fellowship means "sharing," "communion with," "companionship with," or "association with." Therefore the world does not knows us, because it did not know Him. Though a Christian has little or no control over others in mediating peace between disputing parties, this should not deter him from living the peacemaking way. As members of the family we have the duty and privilege to extend the invitation to others to believe in Christ and become members … The word conform or, as it is in the King James, fashioned means "to make similar to or identical with." Basic Doctrines: Water Baptism. When God calls us into a relationship with Him, He justifies us—brings us into alignment with His perfect law—and gives us a measure of His Spirit so we may begin to understand His ways. Racial reconciliation has been accomplished in Christ. Yet even this has a silver lining: And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." That is so evident and logical that everybody should be able to understand that nobody can be God exactly as God is God, because each person is an individual personality. God's Family He did not necessarily choose us as individuals before the foundation of the world, but He did decide that He would have a church, a group of people impregnated by His Spirit, a unique Family of His who would be in the image of His Son. And without faith, of course, one cannot be faithful. We absolutely do not have to wait for the resurrection at Christ's return to be considered by God as part of His Kingdom. What we have in common is our love for Christ. When we understand verses 16-20, He is saying now a third class of people is arising. We know that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). Members of God’s Family (1) You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household. Both "sons" and "children" not only describe those who are literal descendents, but also those who show the characteristics of a predecessor who is not necessarily a biological ancestor. We are soldiers in the same army. To us, monotheism indicates that one is worshipping one distinct and unique almighty personality, and if anyone claims anything more than that, that person is considered to be a polytheist—worshipping many gods. The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty-Seven). However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. John W. Ritenbaugh 3) Did Jesus' brothers believe in his teachings? Viewed in the present tense or in the future, we in the true Israel of God have a great deal in common with our patriarch Jacob. And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother’” (Matthew 12:48–50). The word "brethren" indicates why the word "one" implies family. When they are resurrected in the second resurrection (see Ezekiel 37:1-14), they can look back on the record, hit themselves in the forehead, and say, "Now I see!" In other words, God was choosing a small number out of a large number, and the reason He was choosing this smaller number is to make this small number holy - holy as He is. We are God's children (Romans 8:14; I John 3:1). Abraham will have multiple billions of descendants. This is not hard to understand. Families have things in common. 1. We will be God! When that happens, we will not be as poor and pitifully weak as we are now. Nobody was faithful like Moses was faithful, therefore he could interpret God's will to Israel with full authority. It is the first place in the Bible that the created man is named "Adam." God doesn’t discriminate in his family. John W. Ritenbaugh The Awesome Cost of Salvation. A Christian is one who has the Spirit of God. The law just points out why that man is in bondage. John W. Ritenbaugh God is faithful. In terms of our responsibilities to God, the implications of this verse are tremendous. However, he strongly implies that the motivation to purify ourselves arises from knowing who we are. But there is something more specific that Paul wants us to understand and embrace. No, we are going to be God. In heaven there are two Beings of spirit who are part of the God Family. All those who have accepted God's way will have been glorified as members of the God Family, and they will live forever. The Collingsworth Family singing "God's Family" at Silver Dollar City during the Southern Gospel Picnic September 02, 2011. The church of Christ was established in 33 A.D. — read about its beginning and growth in the New Testament book of Acts. Christ died for our sins so that the children of God can be gathered in one. The only way to be part of God’s family is to be born again as a child of God. We are drawn to the brethren because of the common tie—the common love for the same Person. What they have in common makes them a family. Both of them are provided under the New Covenant, which He mediates. God would rather have done it another way—through His guidance in the Garden of Eden—but since Adam and Eve chose rebellion, He designed Adam's curse to reach the same end by a different means: hard toil, struggle, and eventual death! We have delegated authority, but we are to use it to meet the needs of others. Spiritually speaking, we will be the kings God promised would descend from Jacob (Genesis 35:12). However, God expects that it will not end there. All of His teaching, His truth, is being funneled from the Father through the Son, Jesus Christ, and out to the church by means of the Holy Spirit. The Family of God is located both in heaven and on earth. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom … Is not His Family His Kingdom? There is no distinction. He had a moral purpose in mind. For that, God needs to open the eyes of our hearts. That is great news! The only difference might be the degree of the intimacy that is expressed. What is normally in a house is a family. But, on the other hand, there has only been one Moses. that we find a different kind of unity. All these words are synonyms. This flies right in the face of the concept of strict monotheism! To those that He chooses and who properly respond, He gives the authority to become His sons (John 1:12). One kingdom. He has His life and His history, and we have ours. When he says, "it has not yet been revealed what we shall be," he means that we do not know some of the specifics about what our nature will be like, but we do know what it will be in a generality: "We shall be like Him.". Earl L. Henn (1934-1997) However, let us be a little bit more specific. We are the part of that heavenly Family but still on the earth. We will be just like Him (I John 3:2), even as we are now just like Adam was. Now we see the real purpose of the covenant: Abraham's children actually, under God's spiritual purpose, also become God's children. Christians are only the children of God beca… Now we are already children of God. We hold a critical position in all of this because we have the power to accept or reject His truth, and the acceptance or rejection of the truth of God determines if we will have greater and better fellowship. He is going to fulfill those promises. If indeed we are His children and therefore united in the spiritual body of Christ, we will show the same peaceable disposition of the One who is the Head. Beloved, now are we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. Indeed, Paul is telling us that all believers in Jesus Christ are members of God’s family. It is almost something that we can feel or see because our senses seem to be attuned to it. Another thing that John adds here is that this hope—to be conformed to the image of God in Jesus Christ—is what motivates a person to purify himself. Since God is going to be "all in all," and since we are already considered by Him to be part of the same organism as Christ, who is God, and will have bodies conformed to His glorious body, there is only one thing we can be after the resurrection - God! But God—Elohim—said, "Let Us create man in Our image" (Genesis 1:26), and what is evident from the beginning of the Bible all the way to the end is that Elohim is expanding! When my husband is discouraged, it’s a privilege to come alongside him and encourage him. The members of God's family shall all be brought safely home one day! But not one of them shall perish! In a creatorial sense He is our Father and we are His children – look up Malachi 2: 10 and Acts 17:28. 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