By God's grace we can each say I am what I am! One very glorious thing is that I am a child of God, a member of His family!

"But to as many as received Him (Jesus), to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name." John 1:12

We see in Scripture that there are different titles by which God's children are known as in the following verses. We are known as--

*Children of God and sons of God:
"Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God." Matthew 5:9

"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God!"
Romans 8:14

"The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." Romans 8:16

"And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' there they will be called sons of the living God."
Romans 9:26

It is our Heavenly Father who said in 2 Corinthians 6:18, "I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

"Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." Galatians 4:7

"That you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as light in the world." Philippians 2:15

*Heirs of God:
"And if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ..."
Romans 8:17

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Galatians 3:29

[Not only the Jews, but in His love God has related us also to Abraham. The Jews by bloodline, but we by faith in God's promise.
"And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying 'In you all the nations shall be blessed.'" Galatians 3:8 I am blessed by this verse because I have found it to be a way to approach my Jewish friends. Read Genesis 12:1-3 for it tells of God's promise to Abram/Abraham.]

Going on,
"Having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life." Titus 3:7

Speaking of angels in Hebrews 1:14 Scripture tells us, "Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?"

*Sons of light:
Here Jesus is teaching those who opposed Him before He went to the upper room with His disciples, "Then Jesus said to them, 'A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.' These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them." John 12:35-36

"For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light." Ephesians 5:8

"You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness." 1 Thessalonians 5:5

We are to walk as children of the light; as lights in this dark world! Jesus tells us in Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light or the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify Your Father in heaven."

We are the children of God, joint heirs with Christ and lights in the world!
Therefore, let us walk, conduct ourselves, in a manner that is worthy of who we are now in Christ Jesus our Lord by the grace of our loving God and Father.

We desire to do Your will Father -- by the power of Your Holy Spirit, lead and guide us according to Your plan that we may be those lights in this dark world. It is in Jesus' Name we ask. Amen