Legacy

The word for children, huios, suggests bearing someone's name authentically. It's participating with a forerunner. It's being of the same character as a parent, literal or figurative.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
— Matt. 5:9

The word for children, huios, suggests bearing someone's name authentically. It's participating with a forerunner. It's being of the same character as a parent, literal or figurative. Those who are called God's children will be peacemakers because their claimed Father is a peacemaker. By my attitudes and actions, who will I be called the child of?

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