See Children of God.<\/p>\n
A title for all who believe in God and do His will: “Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed on us, that we should be called, and should be the sons of God” (1 John 3). See also adoption. Saint Paul says we are called “into the liberty of the glory of the children of God” (Romans 8). <\/p>\n
SEE SON OF GOD, 1.<\/p>\n
SONS OF GOD.See Children of God.<\/p>\n
This title is susceptible of considerable latitude of meaning and has various applications in scripture.<\/p>\n
1. There were ‘sons of God’ who took wives of ‘the daughters of men.’ Gen 6:4. These are believed by some to have been angels, permitted to take human form: cf. Jud 1:6-7. Others judge the descendants of Seth to be alluded to.<\/p>\n
2. The angels who came to present themselves to God in the days of Job, and who shouted for joy when the foundations of the earth were laid, are called ‘sons of God.’ Job 1:6; Job 2: l; Job 38:7.<\/p>\n
3. The Gentiles, who had no place at all as God’s people, were to be called ‘sons of the living God.’ Hos 1:10.<\/p>\n
4. Christians, those led of God’s Spirit, in the present dispensation are declared to be ‘sons of God.’ Rom 8:14; Rom 8:19; Gal 4:6. It is their calling according to God’s purpose. See SON.<\/p>\n
Sons Of God See Children of God. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church sons of God A title for all who believe in God and do His will: “Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed on us, that we should be called, and should be the sons of God” (1 John 3). See … Continue reading “Sons of God”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}