Originally Posted by
dberrie2000
Again--the spirit was in man before he even reaches the age to which a belief is possible.
But not of their spirits. God the Father is identified as the Father of all spirits--and we His offspring.
Ephesians 4:4-6---King James Version (KJV)
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
in the final words of the verse you see the identy of the "all" listed....."you"
So from the start of this section of the Bible we are dealing with a listing of why God is Our father and not the father of the unbelievers.
We have the faith, we have the baptism, we have the hope, ,,,,we in the christian church are the ONLY ONES that have such things in this list.
And they are the reasons I can Call god my "Father" and the unbelievers can not.
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.