become “brothers and sisters in Christ”—born of the seed of Abraham (see Genesis 12:2–3; Romans 4:9–12). As Paul stated so clearly in his letter to the Romans, Abraham “is the father of all who believe” (Romans 4:11). And in his letter to the Ephesians, he wrote that when we put our faith in Christ, we’re born again into God’s eternal family and become “members of God’s household” (Ephesians 2:19). Saints Another word that’s used to describe born-again members of the church is saints (from the Greek
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