Sons of God

This morning our pastor mentioned in passing about the bible always saying "Sons of God" never "Daughters of God"...he said that would preach good and knock our socks off.

At first...when I thought about that I was upset....but then I stopped for a second and had a idea of why, so I wanted to research it a little bit.

Here's a scripture I found:
I Chronicles 17:11-14
11 And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. 14 And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.”’”

Why would He refer to all people as he, or sons? I knew it wasn't because He thought any less of women or anything like that...but why???

Then it hit me.....with a son, the blood line doesn't stop, the inheritance continues, the family name will carry on forever....a daughter is a dead end to a family name's history, she is the end of the line.

Jesus' bloodline is to carry on for eternity...He WAS and IS and IS TO COME now and forever!! So everyone must be a son....so that we can all be a part of the family, and receive the inheritance that God has in store for us.

Romans 8:16-18
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.