2 Corinthians 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons, and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Jesus Christ tells us he will be our Father, and that is comfort.
Ephesians 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
This is the first time we've seen the term adopted, I believe. We are adopted by Jesus Christ and hope to become one with Him.
D&C 76:58-59 Wherefore, as it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God-- 59 Wherefore, all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things present, or things to come ,all are theirs and they are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
The inheritance associated with being sons and daughters of God, Jehovah.
D&C 93:21-22 And now, verily I say unto you, I was in the beginning with the Father, and am the Firstborn; 22 And all those who are begotten through me are partakers of the glory of the same, and are the church of the Firstborn.
Maybe it's the fact that He calls Himself the Firstborn of the Father that it becomes difficult to not consider ourselves as those that follow after Him as God the Father, Elohim's children, instead of being those of God the Father, Jehovah. But really we are both, right?
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