Who is a real child of God?

You are a child of God if you have believed… a belief that causes you to surrender your life to Jesus as your LORD (Creator and Owner). A belief that keeps on believing and keeps on surrendering to your LORD. In other words, God’s child! If we are God’s child we will love our heavenly Father.

How do we know that Jesus is the only Son of God?

Jesus was the only person to be born of a mortal mother, Mary, and an immortal father, God the Father. That is why Jesus is called the Only Begotten Son of God. From His Father, He inherited divine powers (see John 10:17–18). The mortal life of Jesus Christ began when He was born in Bethlehem.

What is the name of God’s only son?

Lord Jesus Christ
Nicene Creed – “And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God.”

Are we God’s sons and daughters?

One of the important truths of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ is the knowledge that we are spirit children of our Heavenly Father – sons and daughters of God. The scriptures teach of our literal relationship to Him. The Apostle Paul taught the Greeks that “we are the offspring of God” (Acts 17:29).

Is Jesus the only Son of God and the only child?

Typically, this is translated as “Only Begotten”. It is true that Jesus is not the only son of God or only child of God, because, as you identified, all of those who have faith in Jesus are children of God. However, the Sonship of Jesus is unique. Indeed, His Sonship is wholly unlike any other.

What makes Jesus unique from other sons?

Specifically, he was unique in his miraculous birth and in his being the fulfillment of the promise of God. No other son was born in fulfillment of a promise from God and no other son was born miraculously. Jesus is identified as the /monogenes/ Son of God.

What does the Bible say about being a child of God?

Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sins and restored us to a right relationship with God ( 2 Corinthians 5:21 ). We prove ourselves to be children of God by living to please and obey our heavenly Father (practicing righteousness) and by loving our brothers and sisters in the family of God ( 1 John 3:10 ).

Was Jesus the oldest of at least seven children?

Thus, Jesus was the oldest of at least seven children. His stepfather, Joseph, was a carpenter (verse 55). This occupation is generally understood to be someone who works with wood.