Family of God

FamilyOfGod

"For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named..." (Ephesians 3:14-15).

The family of God. It's probably the most misunderstood concept in all of Christianity—and the reason you're here. Who makes up the family of God and how can you be a part of it? Find out below.

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Introduction

What is the meaning of God's relationship with man? What priority does He place on it? Does man need a relationship with God? If so, what is the basis and purpose of that relationship?
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The Essence of the 'Everlasting Gospel'

God's message to mankind is eternal and consistent. He has always emphasized the importance of our having a relationship with Him as our Creator.
A man holding an open Bible.
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Partaking of the Divine Nature

How God relates to His human creation and what He want us to achieve spiritually with His help.
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The Holy Spirit Is Not a Person

The Holy Spirit, from the evidence found in the Bible, is not a person in a supposed Trinity. The Holy Spirit is the very nature, presence and expression of God's power actively working in His servants.
Old painting depicting first council of Constantinople.
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Is God a Trinity?

What about the Trinity? Many millions believe that God consists of three distinct persons or entities—the Father, Son and Holy Spirit—in one being. How do we choose between explanations regarding the nature of God? Simply stated, only the Scriptures can...
A Bible laying on a table.
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The Plurality of God

Throughout Scripture we come back to the reality that God has chosen to express His personal nature in terms of a family relationship.
A Bible laying on a table opened to the book of Matthew.
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"The LORD Our God, the LORD Is One"

It is clear that God is a plurality of beings — a plurality in unity. In other words, God the Father and Jesus the Son form a family perfectly united as one.
A group of church people.
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How Is God One?

Many do not fully comprehend how the Bible uses numbers. This factor contributes to considerable confusion about God. How should we understand the oneness of God?
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The Family of God

God is a family, indeed a growing family, presently comprising two divine beings, the Father and Christ the firstborn, yet ultimately to be joined by a vast multitude of others.
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A Family Relationship

The Scriptures reveal God in terms of a family relationship - God the Father and Jesus the Son are together the God family!
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The Personal Nature of God

Has God always existed? If not, who created God? Is God one person, two or three? What did Jesus reveal to us about the nature of God when He continually referred to a being He called the Father? The answers...
A galaxy of stars.
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The Likeness of God

When fully in God's likeness, we will be able to fulfill our awesome responsibility of exercising dominion over, of assisting Him in managing, the vastness of His creation.
A water baptism.
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Life in God's Family

Never underestimate the value of your life. You were born to become one of God's divine children. You were born to receive His very nature and character and, eventually, eternal life on His level of existence.
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Early Theologians on Becoming Divine

While the biblical concept of deification or divinization, exaltation to godhood, is commonly ignored or dismissed in modern Christian teaching, this doctrine was well established among early theologians of mainstream tradition.
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Adoption or Sonship?

Scripture makes clear that God actually begets us spiritually in His own image, with the intention that we ultimately become the same kind of beings He and Jesus Christ now are.
A silhouette of a family.
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The God Family

The human family was meant as a lesser model or type of this greater spiritual reality, that God is a family.
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God's Own Literal Children

That family relationship of becoming children of God the Father is the heart and core of God's incredible plan for humanity!
A monkey picking at another monkey. A man looking through a microscope.
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The Spirit in Man

The spirit in man imparts human intellect to our physical brains. It is what makes people vastly more intelligent than animals.
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The Question of the Ages: Why Were You Born?

What is your destiny? Why do you exist? Why were you born? Is there a reason, a purpose, for human life?
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Discovering the Great Unknown: Our Incredible Human Potential

Is it possible for modern technology to ultimately transcend our feeble human limitations?
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