Filhos de Deus
Ser filho de Deus é o maior privilégio da existência humana. Pela fé em Cristo, recebemos o direito de ser chamados filhos de Deus — herdeiros de Deus e co-herdeiros com Cristo.
O direito de ser filho
A todos que creram no nome de Jesus, deu-lhes o poder de serem feitos filhos de Deus — nascidos não do sangue, mas de Deus.
12 But as many as received Him, He gave them the authority to become children of God, to those who believe in His name;13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
31 but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by ]believing you may have life in His name.
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,5 so that He might redeem those under the law, so that we might receive the adoption.
7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.
A identidade dos filhos
O Espírito testifica com nosso espírito que somos filhos de Deus. E se filhos, também herdeiros — herdeiros de Deus.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but [it is ]the children of the promise that are regarded as descendants.
Viver como filhos
Vede que grande amor o Pai nos concedeu: que fôssemos chamados filhos de Deus! E é isso que somos.
1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! On account of this the world does not know you, because it did not know Him.
10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.
9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
15 He said to them, "But who do you pronounce Me to be?"16 And Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal [this] to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
7 It is for discipline [that] you endure; God deals with you as with sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.