Cheryl Schatz

Benjamin, You wrote: “Do you believe that all people belong to the Father?” Yes, in the sense that He is the Creator of every human being, and hence is sovereign over all of His creation. In other words, he is Lord and King over the universe, and hence “owns” everything in that universe. If you are using “belong” in the sense of the family of God, well the Bible is abundantly clear that only those who have been given to the Son, those who have been chosen by the Father, are adopted into the kingdom of God, and hence are partakers of the divine nature and can claim the promises of the new covenant as their own. Would you say that if all people belong to the Father because He is the Creator, then would not all people belong to the Word of God as He is also the Creator? As Father as my question about all people belonging to the Father, I would like to frame my question around the time of John 6. This was before Jesus died and before the New Covenant had been set up by the blood of Christ. As far as the Father, were there people who belonged to Him who were in relationship with Him by faith that needed to come to Jesus for salvation? Or would you say that all people (including the 11 disciples) were God-haters before they became Jesus’ disciples? Benjamin, you wrote: Will be praying for your surgery and recovery! God is our greatest treasure… Thank you SO much! God indeed is our greatest treasure! And Jesus is our Pearl of great price. I wish I could help more people to see the greatest treasurer that there is came to earth to give His blood for us so that we would be saved. That transaction is far more than I can comprehend sometimes. My value is nothing at all in comparison to Him!