[TruthTalk] Children of God?

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I say he was the father's son throughout. The fact that the father was always looking for his son's return ought to tell us that the son was accepted and loved and considered a son throughout. Repentance brought the son to his senses; it did not make him a son. Repentance brings us to our senses; it does not make us sons or daughters of God. Adopted in Christ, we are already His children.  Bill   Bill, you seem to imply that everyone is a child of God, even the unrepentant disobedient.  You seem to be saying that everyone is “adopted” in Christ. This is not true:    John 1:11He came to His [d]own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.       12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,       13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.     I John 3: 1See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 9No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.        10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. So if you believe that there are no qualifications for being a child of God, please explain specifically what you think each of the above scriptures mean. Izzy