4 Bible Verses about Children, Figurative Sense

The disciples were amazed and bewildered by His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is [for those who place their hope and confidence in riches] to enter the kingdom of God!

The Spirit Himself testifies and confirms together with our spirit [assuring us] that we [believers] are children of God.

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother.