“I Am a Child of God” is a classic Mormon hymn and it teaches a fundamental Mormon doctrine — all people are children of God. The problem is that most Mormons seem to assume they are only children of God the Father. Not so. Our scriptures clearly teach that all of the faithful are also children of God the Son. Here are some of the relevant passages.<\/p>\n
We are the children of Christ:<\/p>\n
7 And now, because of the covenant which ye have made ye shall be called the children of Christ, his sons, and his daughters; for behold, this day he hath spiritually begotten you; for ye say that your hearts are changed through faith on his name; therefore, ye are born of him and have become his sons and his daughters. (Mosiah 5:7<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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19 Wherefore, I beseech of you, brethren, that ye should search diligently in the light of Christ that ye may know good from evil; and if ye will lay hold upon every good thing, and condemn it not, ye certainly will be a child of Christ. (Moro. 7: 19<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We become the sons and daughters of Christ:<\/p>\n
14 Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son. In me shall all mankind have life, and that eternally, even they who shall believe on my name; and they shall become my sons and my daughters. (Ether 3:14<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
3 Who so loved the world that he gave his own life, that as many as would believe might become the sons of God. Wherefore you are my son (D&C 34: 3<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We are the seed of Christ:<\/p>\n
10 And now I say unto you, who shall declare his generation? Behold, I say unto you, that when his soul has been made an offering for sin he shall see his seed. And now what say ye? And who shall be his seed?
\n 11 Behold I say unto you, that whosoever has heard the words of the prophets, yea, all the holy prophets who have prophesied concerning the coming of the Lord\u00e2\u20ac\u201dI say unto you, that all those who have hearkened unto their words, and believed that the Lord would redeem his people, and have looked forward to that day for a remission of their sins, I say unto you, that these are his seed, or they are the heirs of the kingdom of God. (Mosiah 15: 10-11<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThere are loads of other less obvious examples but this ought to at least bring home the point. I just figured it would be useful to have some of these scriptures put together in one post as a reference for the future. They become especially useful when debating the question of whether being a child of God entails our pre-mortal spirits being created by gestating in the the womb of a physically resurrected divine woman. (Some people in the church think being a child of God does mean that, but I think that notion makes about as much sense as the idea of spirit women bearing physically embodied babies. In other words I think it is poppycock. See a previous post on spirit birth here<\/a>.) Are there other theological implications that arise from our being children of Christ that strike you?