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Sons of God is a phrase used in several different ways in the Bible. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, a singular position, and is not to be confused with other uses. The phrase is used in Genesis 6, in Job 1 and in John 1:12. Each of these uses is determined by context.
John 1:12 is the most common usage which is those who by the new birth (John 3:3-6) have become the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ. These believers will be presented to God by Christ at a future date as recorded in Ephesians 5:27. They are not appearing to God at random times throughout the Scriptures. Their position is being “in” Christ.
In Job 1:6 and 2:1 the term appears in a different context. It is not believers. It is not Christ. Who is it? As with all Scripture, context is key to understanding the passage. In Job 1:7 and again in 2:1 we find Satan appearing with these “sons of God”. Satan is a created being, the highest of all angels before He rebelled against God as recorded in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28. Since Satan is an angel, and he is appearing with the other sons of God without further explanation in the text, then the traditional view that the other “sons of God” are also angelic beings is the most probable and acceptable interpretation of the passage.