Some religions teach that we are all the children of God, but if we are, then how come Jesus said to some " Ye are of your father the devil"?....And why did John write in his epistles that, "in this the children of God and the children of the devil are made manifest." ? It appears that there are two families on the earth, not just one. There is the family of God, who includes the adopted children of God, the children of light, the children of promise, those that have been translated into His marvelous light.....and then there is the family of the devil, those born in darkness , those that remain in darkness, the children of disobedience, the children of wrath, the ones who have their eyes blinded. So why, when the bible teaches this truth, does a religious orginization that claims to be the pillar of truth say that " we are all Gods children" ? Dont they go by the bible?
2007-05-02 13:47:44 · 13 answers · asked by biblestudent07 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
NO THEY ARE NOT!
Did you MISS.... What JESUS Said?
(John 8:42-to-45) Jesus said to them, If God were your father, you would love Me, for I went forth and came from God; for I did not come of Myself, but He sent Me.
(Joh 8:43) Why do you not know My speech? Because you cannot hear My Word.
(Joh 8:44) = = = You are of the Devil as father, = = =and the lusts of your father you will do. = = = He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth because there is no truth in him. = = = When he speaks a lie, = = he speaks of his own, = = = for he is a liar = = = and the father of it.
(Joh 8:45) And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe Me.
Thanks, RR
2007-05-02 13:57:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
God created humans to have freedom of choice. But the choice as to who a person is going to follow is their own choice. Please be aware that this choice is for life everlasting with God and His Son or an eternity in hell with the evil one.
The problem anymore is, that many people have not even read the Bible, but they make a choice based on what their so-called friends say or think. You have to be very careful. Satan is the master of deceipt. He lies and tells you that you are unworthy of God's love. That is not true. God loves you.
1 John 4:13-16 says, "We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love."
Don't let anyone tell you differently. Ask Jesus into your life and repent of sin and be the apple of God's eyes. May the Lord bless and keep you.
2007-05-02 14:26:08 · answer #2 · answered by Diane H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its either their bible or their beliefs. We are all born into the world as children of disobedience, that was passed down from Adam and his disobedience. With Satan being the first, in disobedience, in getting Adam to disobey, the result of this corrupted nature of sin is passed on - Death.
(1) Physical Death
(2) Spiritual Death
(3) Eternal Death.
Humanity at that moment became to offspring of Satan.
However, Adam and Eve was redeemed from the Eternal Death by God's Self-sacrifice and Self-Provisional lambs of the garden. Of whose blood he shed for the coats of skin to provide a covering / atonement, for Adam and Eve.
Which is a picture and foreshadow of Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God.... Who taketh away the sins of the world.
To be born again is accepting Jesus in his death, burial and resurrection. Whereas the Believer will only experience the physical death.
So, if you are born once, you will die twice. The Physical and the Eternal Death of the Lake of Fire. As an living offspring of Satan. Wheras the Lake of Fire was prepared for him and his angels.
However, if you are born twice, then you will on die once!
The Physical. Whereas you are passed from the physical death to eternal life - As a Child Of God.
2007-05-02 14:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by n_007pen 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We become children of God when we are saved because we are adopted into God’s family through our relationship with Jesus Christ
2007-05-02 13:53:59 · answer #4 · answered by Silver 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All people can be God's children. No matter your heritage, geneology, nationality, etc.
If one chooses to reject God one becomes a child of the devil. But one always has the ability to choose to follow God and once again become His child up to the time of one's death.
2007-05-02 13:59:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anthony M 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. We are all God's "creation". The definition of who His "children" are is found in the prologue to Saint John's Gospel:
1: 12 "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name..."
2007-05-02 13:54:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I can tell you this much: I was not, am not and will never be a child of God. So I'm one less person to worry about.
2007-05-02 13:52:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are all children of God.. Even Satan...
The difference is that some people CHOOSE to follow Satan and are thus counted as Satan's children.
2007-05-02 13:53:02 · answer #8 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
We are all children of God.
2007-05-02 13:53:04 · answer #9 · answered by cclleeoo 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
so hypothetically if god is powerful and loves us all why does he put satans kids here too? sounds fishy.
2007-05-02 13:52:01 · answer #10 · answered by Banana tree 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋