WE ARE THE ADOPTED SONS OF GOD

PROCLAMATION

“But when the fullness of time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.  And because ye are sons, God hath sent The Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, ‘Abba, Father.’ ”  Galatians 4:4-6 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These words were written by the Apostle Paul, under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God, to the believers in the church at Galatia.  Paul begins this chapter by continuing his discussion regarding believers being heirs to the promise of God. (Galatians 4:1-3)  He states that Christ came into the world and lived under the law in order to save us from the law and the world.  He also states that God sent The Holy spirit to reside within us, to show us the difference between sin and righteousness, to work our faith and to be our comforter. (Galatians 4:4-6)  To all who believed in Him, He gave the power to become the sons of God. (John 1:12) 

 

APPLICATION

Each believer can rightly be called “a child of God”.  We may be adopted, but we are still His children.  That status entitles us to all of the benefits of “sonship” including being able to call Him our “Father.”  That is why Jesus, The Christ, said that we can pray to Him and say, “Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name …” (Matthew 6:9 and Luke 11:2)  We have The Spirit of God within our hearts from the moment that we first believed.  That also makes us heirs to the promise God made to Abraham. (Galatians 4:7)