Sons of God

Philemon vs 10-16 "I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains, who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me. I am sending him back.You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart, whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel. But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary. For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me. But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account."

This letter from Paul to Philemon regarding his slave Onesimus is a great picture of Christ's relationship to us. Just as Paul says "Receive him, that is my own heart", Jesus stands before God the Father and declares us his sons, and has taken the debt we owe and bore it on the cross so we who cannot pay it wouldn't have to.
--Matt Storer