Study Desk

He must die not only for the nation, but also to bring together into one group the children of God who were living in many places.

Little children, I will be with you only a little while. You will look for Me. I say to you what I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come!'

"I will not leave you without help as children without parents. I will come to you.

Then Jesus said to them, "Children, do you have any fish?" They said, "No."

This promise is to you and your children. It is to all people everywhere. It is to as many as the Lord our God will call."

You are of the family of the early preachers and of the promise that God made with our early fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will receive God's favor through your children.'

God did not give him any land to own, not even enough to put his feet on. But He promised that the land would be his and his children's after him. At that time he had no children.

This is what God said, ‘Your children's children will be living in a strange land. They will live there 400 years. They will be made to work without pay and will suffer many hard things.

Philip got up and went. A man from the country of Ethiopia had come to Jerusalem to worship. He had been made so he could not have children. He cared for all the riches that belonged to Candace who was Queen of Ethiopia.

God has finished this for us who are their children. He did this by raising Jesus from the dead. It is written in the second Psalm, ‘You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.'

It is in Him that we live and move and keep on living. Some of your own men have written, ‘We are God's children.'

If we are God's children, we should not think of Him as being like gold or silver or stone. Such gods made of gold or silver or stone are planned by men and are made by them.

When our time was up, we left there and went on our way. All of them with their wives and children went with us out of town. They got down on their knees on the shore and prayed.

You think you can teach foolish people and children about God. You have in the Law the plan of truth and wisdom.

Abraham believed he would be the father of many nations. He had no reason to hope for this, but he had been told, "Your children will become many nations."

Abraham was about one hundred years old. His body was about dead, but his faith in God was not weak when he thought of his body. His faith was not weak when he thought of his wife Sarah being past the age of having children.

For the Holy Spirit speaks to us and tells our spirit that we are children of God.

If we are children of God, we will receive everything He has promised us. We will share with Christ all the things God has given to Him. But we must share His suffering if we are to share His shining-greatness.

Everything that has been made in the world will be set free from the power that can destroy. These will become free just as the children of God become free.

Not all of Abraham's family are children of God. God told Abraham, "Only the family of Isaac will be called your family."