Sons of God.
BQ: Often I hear that we need to become sons of God by just believing in Jesus. The Bible addresses this. What do you think it says? We'll look at a verse and pay careful attention to the wording.
A: "He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name." (John 1:11-12)
Notice that believing and receiving do not make one a child of God. They open up that option, however, and that's why it says that we have the RIGHT to become children of God. There are still conditions to be met, or everyone would make it to heaven by default.
Credit for the idea for this BQ goes to Brian Howard.
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"For the entire Law is fulfilled in in this one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."—Gal 5:14