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Originally Posted by Islander
"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."
There is nothing figurative in that statement.
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Your last line implies that we must interpret ourselves being the children of God in literal manner. If God the Father gave birth to us--if we are literally the stuff that He is--if we are the same species--then we are Gods. The New Agers are right.
On the other hand, it is not bizarre at all to understand "children of God," to mean tha we are eternal followers, worshipers, lovers of God, and that He will indeed exalt us to unknown greatness. There is no need to interpret "children of God" biologically, imho.