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Adoption is an important feature of Reformation theology as demonstrated by article 12 of the Westminster Confession of Faith: [4] [5] All those that are justified, God vouchsafes, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption, by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of ...
Lapide comments on the phrase "on Him", as signifying the Person of Christ, and that the full meaning is "as many as have received Christ, that is, to all who believe in His name, He has given power to become sons of God," which has the same sense as (1 John 5:1): "Whosoever believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God."
Divine filiation is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ is the only-begotten Son of God by nature, and when Christians are redeemed by Jesus they become sons (and daughters) of God by adoption. This doctrine is held by most Christians, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but the phrase "divine filiation" is used primarily by Catholics .
This verse is considered 'the shortest summary of Johannine theology', [6] that to expound each word or phrase in detail requires one to expound the whole book. [5] The combination of Jesus' 'Messiahship and divine sonship' becomes the ultimate conclusion of the presentation of Jesus in this gospel.
Chad Van Dixhoorn argues that Sonship theology presents a distorted teaching on adoption, a truncated view of the Holy Spirit's work in sanctification, and a confused doctrine of revival. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Van Dixhoorn examines Sonship: Discovering Liberty in the Gospel as Sons and Daughters of God , [ 9 ] the course material produced by the ...
Jesus and John the Baptist (15th century). The Parable of the Two Sons is a parable told by Jesus in the New Testament, found in Matthew (Matthew 21:28–32).It contrasts the tax collectors and prostitutes who accepted the message taught by John the Baptist with the ostensibly religious people who did not.
Francesco Albani's The Baptism of Christ, when Jesus became one with God according to adoptionism. Adoptionism, also called dynamic monarchianism, [1] is an early Christian nontrinitarian theological doctrine, [1] subsequently revived in various forms, which holds that Jesus was adopted as the Son of God at his baptism, his resurrection, or his ascension.
The term "Son of God" is used in the Hebrew Bible as another way to refer to humans who have a special relationship with God. In Exodus, the nation of Israel is called God's firstborn son. [2] Solomon is also called "son of God". [3] [4] Angels, just and pious men, and the kings of Israel are all called "sons of God." [5]