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God has regenerated them by his Holy Spirit
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God has decreed from eternity that in time he would adopt them from the human race to be His children and heirs of eternal life.
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God has betrothed them to his son … In the Song of Solomon the Lord Jesus therefore frequently calls them his bride: "My sister, my bride" … As the father of the bridegroom also becomes the father of the bride by reason of marriage, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ likewise becomes the father of believers.
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They have children by reason of being united to the son of God.
Wilhelmus à Brakel (1700 A.D.) p.419
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