Good question. Some folks will tell you that every person who enters the world is a child of God by virtue of having been born. Others will maintain that every person is not a child of God, that only those who behave a certain way or believe a certain way. If we are honest in wanting to know the truth of the matter, we can turn to Scripture and find out God’s answer to this question. After all, He wrote the book.

Most certainly, we are all God’s creation and God loves His creation:

“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him and for him.” – Col 1:16 

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16

Those who would tell you that we are all God’s children base their assertion on the fact that we are all within God’s creation and therefore must be His children. So what does Scripture specifically about children of God? We turn to the Gospel of John, Chapter 1, and find the apostle saying of Christ:

“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.” – John 1:12-13

I encourage you to read from verse one of the same chapter, if you doubt that John was speaking about Christ. I also encourage you to read Romans 8:16 and 1 John 3:1-10. While the above passage from John Chapter 1 should be sufficient to answer the question at hand, if you believe we are all God’s children, the enemy of your soul will immediately invade your mind to cause you to doubt the words on the page. for that reason, I encourage to read John’s Gospel, as well as the additional passages mentioned above.

I intentionally didn’t quote more than a few verses so that you would be encouraged to search the Bible for yourself, and allow God to speak directly to you through the Holy Spirit. It’s kind of hard to argue with God