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Embracing Our Identity: The Gifts of Sonship

Bible Passage: Romans 8:14-17, Galatians 4:4-7, John 1:12-13

Summary: The theme of sonship explores the profound truth that through faith in Christ, believers are adopted into God's family, receiving the rights and privileges of being His children.

Application: Understanding our identity as sons and daughters of God can transform our lives. It gives us confidence in our relationship with Him, inspires us to live according to His will, and empowers us to face life's challenges with hope, knowing we belong to Him.

Teaching: This sermon will teach that spiritual sonship is not just a status; it involves a relationship with God that is intimate, transformative, and empowering. We are called to live out this identity daily, reflecting the character of our Heavenly Father.

How this passage could point to Christ: In Christ, God’s promise of sonship is fully realized. Jesus, the Son, makes it possible for us to become children of God, emphasizing that our relationship with God is rooted in the gospel and Christ’s redemptive work.

Big Idea: As sons and daughters of God, we are not only heirs to His promises but also called to reflect His love and character in the world around us.

Recommended Study: I suggest exploring the concept of sonship in the theological works available in your Logos library, particularly focusing on the Greek terms used in Romans and Galatians. Look into commentaries that discuss adoption in the ancient culture and its implications for understanding our identity in Christ. Investigating the nuances of 'children of God' in John 1 can also provide insight into how this identity shapes our lives as believers.

1. Sons by the Spirit

Romans 8:14-17

You could suggest that the Spirit of God confirms our identity as His children. His presence reassures us that we are heirs, co-heirs with Christ. This divine inheritance calls us to suffer with Him in order to be glorified with Him. Embracing our sonship means living with assurance and hope, grounded in the love and promise of our Heavenly Father.

2. Set Free as Sons

Galatians 4:4-7

Perhaps we could understand that Christ's coming fulfills God's perfect plan for our adoption. Through Him, we are not only set free from the bondage of the law but granted the Spirit of Sonship. Being called 'Abba, Father' signifies the closeness and privilege of our relationship with God, urging us to live in the liberty of being His children.

3. Supreme Gift of Sonship

John 1:12-13

Maybe we could remind ourselves that receiving Christ transforms us from mere creations to children of God. This right is given not by human descent or effort but by divine will. Our new birth as His children calls us to embrace our true identity and reflect His character, affirming that sonship in Christ is both privilege and responsibility.

Led by the spirit, is this something that you are doing or ar you leading yourself in your own nature, if you call yourself a christian and walk in the spirit, you will not be subject to fear but subject to the etnernal adoption that Christ has died for in order for us to be redeemed as children and fellow heirs of Christ.

Do we see that the spirit of slavery is an image of the escape of egypt, this image truly allows us to the the bondage we are in, whilst we are in sin, it truely creates us to be aware of the forces of evil and spirit of the age, and what God has truly promised us if we choose to follow in

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provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

we are promised a purpose, a plan, and to be glorfied with him.

We are to place our faith not in the spirit of fear, but of faith, to continue this journey.