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.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become sons of God, even to them that believe on his name,
who are not born of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
but these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life in his name.
For ye are all sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
but when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
to redeem those that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
therefore, thou art no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then 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.
For all that are led by the Spirit of God, the same are sons of God.
For ye have not received the spirit of slavery to be in fear again, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
For the same Spirit bears witness unto our spirit that we are sons of God,
That is, Those who are sons of the flesh, these are not the sons of God; but those who are sons of the promise are counted in the generation.
With all this, the number of the sons of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
Ye are the sons of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves nor make any baldness over your eyes for the dead.
For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord has chosen thee to be a unique people unto himself from among all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
Viver como filhos
Vede que grande amor o Pai nos concedeu: que fôssemos chamados filhos de Deus! E é isso que somos.
Behold, what charity the Father has given us, that we should be called the sons of God; therefore the world does not know us, because it does not know him.
In this the sons of God are manifest, and the sons of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness and that loves not his brother is not of God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.
He said unto them, But who say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.
If ye endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father does not chasten?
But if ye are without chastisement, of which all the sons are partakers, then ye are bastards, and not sons.