Thus, in conformity to the transcendence of Nzambi Ampungu Tulendo, the Most-high, man is never deprived of his divine
sonship, the Kimahungu, the Verb; though due to sin this nature become merely potential; hence the requirement of purification which is the cornerstone of the divine initiation.
8:17) This is the second privilege: to be co-heirs emphasizing the gratuity of the riches received, the link between heritage and
sonship.
The Scriptures contain language related to adoption,
sonship, and inheritance.
In this expanded edition of "Spiritual Slavery to
Sonship--Your Destiny Awaits You" Jack and Trisha Frost share their story of transformation when they relinquished their orphan hood mindset to embrace the truth of
Sonship.
God is Father and Son because fatherhood implies
sonship.
They are Israelites, and to them belong the
sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ" (Rom 9.
Clearly, this "faith in the Son of God" means Paul's faith in Jesus, but it also presumes that Jesus himself is worthy of faith, based no=t only on his having loved us even unto death but also on his divine
sonship.
Another factor is the evolution of Jesus himself, in his own self-understanding; from the discovery of who his "Father" was when his parents thought that he was lost in the Temple (cf Lk 2:49-50), to his confirmation of
sonship at his baptism (cf Lk 3:22) and his messianic mission at the Transfiguration (cf Lk 9:35).
Our acknowledgement of daughterhood and
sonship of the Blessed Virgin is extremely humane.
The special authority associated with this uniquely male reproductive ability was magnified, of course, by the deification of Kronberger, which underscored George's divine
sonship.
from whose blackness they take their name,"' he also asserts that through conversion they "lose their
sonship with the Devil and in God become white as snow.
Courses translated from TEE programmes in Africa and South America have been adapted to the Pakistani context, addressing relevant issues such as the joint family system, and the Christian understanding of Christ's divine
sonship.
