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F O C U S O N R E P R O D U C T I O N

3. God as Father, from whom the entire ( patria ) in heaven and earth are named Eph. 3.14-15

4. God has placed all human beings in a patria , a network of relationships and kinship that is constituted by our physical and parental lineage .

B. The Church of God as the family of God

Gal. 3.25-29 - But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, [26] for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. [27] For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. [28] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. [29] And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

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1. Our “natural” state before our sonship and daughterhood in the Father through Christ

a. Children of the devil

(1) John 8.44

(2) 1 John 3.10

b. Children of wrath, Eph. 2.1-3

c. Children of disobedience, Col. 3.6

d. Children of Adam, Rom. 5.12-21

2. We share in God’s DNA: entrance into the family of God, John 1.12-13.