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"WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN" The old belief in the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man is very ancient, but very wrong. The first man Adam was called "the son of God" in Luke 3:38, so there was at that time (Genesis 1-2) a Father and son relationship, but then Adam sinned and lost his position as a son of God. Not until Jesus paid for sin on the cross and rose again the third day was it possible for anyone to be a son of God. That's why John 1:12 says, "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name." A "son of God" is something that one BECOMES, according to the verse, not something that one is from birth. The way one becomes a son of God is to BELIEVE on THE Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. I John 3:10 is even more blunt about the matter by saying that there are two kinds of people in this world: "children of God" and "children of the devil." Jesus even said to the Pharisees in John 8:44, "Ye are of your father the devil . . ." No one is a child of God naturally from birth. Galatians 3:26 says, "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." Faith in THE Son of God makes a man A son of God. The new birth turns a sinner into saint and a son, thus placing him into God's family. Only then can the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man be a reality. It would make no sense for Jesus to say, “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7), if we are already God’s children. It is the new birth that MAKES us God’s children by removing our sins and imputing to us the righteousness of Jesus Christ (Rom. 4:5-8; II Cor. 5:21). Therefore, we are not all God’s children. In fact, of the eight billion people who presently populate the earth, probably a very small percentage are truly born again and members of God’s eternal family. That’s why Jesus said, “. . . strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” (Mat. 7:14) We are clearly NOT "all" God's children.