C.C.Sinned said:
I will bring it up next time I talk to my Priest
Here are some references you can use:
(bracketed statements are mine, not Bible)
Galations 3:26
"For
ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."
Luke 20:36
"Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and
are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."
(Context: this refers to saved Christians in their eternal resurrection state)
Romans 8:14-17
"14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but
ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."
Romans 9:6-8
"6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed [physically descended] of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh,
these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed."
I John 3:10
"In this
the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil [two separate groups]: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother [fellow Christian]."
I John 5:1-3
"1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous."
John 8:44
[Jesus said to unbelievers] "Ye are of
your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."
Food for thought.