I'm trying to look at it this way. A parent doesn't abandon his or her child when the child messes up, rather the child is disciplined. How far can a person sin to where the parents disown the child.. murder maybe depends, but in most things the child does is corrected by the parent in which the parents discipline their child, but still loves the child. It's confusing, but I'm looking at it from that angle. The only thing besides things like murder is to murder one's self which leads to hell. Other than that stuff we are children of God. How many times do i need to be born again. How many times do I question if i am a child of God. I'm confused, but I'm looking looking at it that way. Ephesians 1:13-14 "were sealed with the promise of the holy spirit who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we aquire possession of it. " a person can disown parents for the moment being but isn't that what a child or teenager does when sinning at yet is still a their child. Disciplining them until they acknowledge their sin and ask for forgiveness. ????