“The Children of God”
The phrase is appropriate in both a literal and a figurative sense. Because both Adam and Eve rightfully claim God as their Father, and because we descend from them, we are spoken of in the scriptures as the “children of God’ (Moses 6:8). in this instance, however, reference is to baptized members of the Church, those who by covenant have been born again and thereby received into the family of Jesus Christ (see Mosiah 5:1-7).”
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