Eph. 1:5...he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will
One of the most profound transactions that takes place when we are saved is that we are brought into the household of God through spiritual adoption.
We live in the Kingdom of God as sons who serve, not servants.
Gal. 4:5 ...that we might receive the full rights of sons.
Rom. 8:15...but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
Rom. 8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
Rom. 8:17...Now if we are children, then we are heirs — heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ,
In the verses above we discover that we have received the full rights as sons. We can now connect with God as Abba (which translated, Dad), and we receive an inheritance that can be spent today on earth! This truly is amazing.
As a son/daughter we then have confidence to approach God as Father, with the understanding we are fully accepted! And as a perfect Father, God is concerned about every thought and detail in our lives. He invites us to come and share our lives with Him.
We are brought into the Kingdom and adopted into a royal family where our Dad is King, King of all things, an everlasting King. We are now sons/daughters of God with all it’s rights and responsibilities. We need so much more revelation on this!
Here are six things I gathered about sonship:
It’s Legal. The Holy Spirit as “the Spirit of adoption” also places a saved person in a legal standing in God’s family. The adopted son has all the rights and privileges of God’s only begotten Son, Jesus.
We are Loved. God the Father loves the adopted child just as much as He loves His only begotten Son. The first ministry to us that the Spirit performs after we have believed is to convince us that God has become to us “Abba”.
It’s Secure. As a result of God’s adopting us we are secure in our relationship with Him. The Holy Spirit imparts to us the divine nature and places us in the family of God in accordance to His unchanging laws.
It’s comes with Privileges. This is our new standing before the LORD God. He accepts us into His family, who by nature do not belong to it, and places those who are not His sons originally into a right relationship with Him with all the privileges of that new family relationship.
We get a new heart of a True Son. The Holy Spirit creates a new nature. We have not only the new status as sons, but also the heart of true sons. Our adoption is the act of God’s pure goodness and grace of His will.
New Intimacy. Abba is an Aramaic affectionate diminutive for ‘father’ used in the intimacy of the family circle; We have access to the same intimacy with God the Father that God the Son, Jesus Christ had.
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