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Galatians 4:4-7
Summary: The Bible talks about us as being sons of God.
What does that mean to us as we live our Christian life?
James Dobson tells of the time he was away on a business trip.
While he was away, and his wife and 2 children were sitting down to eat, his wife turned to their two year old son Ryan and asked if he would like to pray before he and sister ate.
The invitation startled the little boy, but he folded his little hands, bowed his head and said reverently,
“I love you Daddy, Amen.”
(James Dobson, Focus On The Family Magazine April 07 p. 18)
APPLY: Now, who was little Ryan praying to?
(His earthly daddy)
Why?
Because, in his child-like mind – his earthly father WAS God.
His earthly father was most powerful being he knew.
Granted, it was bad theology.
But in his childlike mistake Ryan hit upon a truth.
You see, when you and I become Christians, God - the most powerful being we could possibly know – God became our Father.
Paul writes in
This is a repeated theme throughout the New Testament.
John wrote: How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called CHILDREN OF GOD!
And that is what we are!
The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
And earlier in Galatians, Paul had written:
Now, this is a unique relationship that God has given us.
We are all sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ.
Until Jesus came… that hadn’t happened before.
The people of the OLD Testament had a special relationship with God, but they were never called “the Children of God.”
They were known as the PEOPLE of God.
They were known as the CHILDREN of Israel.
But they were NOT called the “children of God.”
But, at one point in the Old Testament, God declared that this was going to change.
He said He was going to establish a NEW relationship with His people.
He was going to create a new contract with them – a New Covenant.
The Apostle Peter quoted an OT prophecy when he told the Gentile Christians:
Now, what prophecy was Peter referring to?
It was from Hosea 1:9-10.
And in that passage God declared:
God declared we’d be called “sons of the living God” - a phrase never before used in Scripture.
Long before Jesus was born… and lived… and died… and rose again God had decided that when we became Christians, we would be called “the sons of the living God.”
We were allowed that privilege because God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
So, because of Jesus, we now have full rights as sons.
We have been adopted by God.
What exactly does being adopted by God mean?
1.
We ARE NOT under the Law.
We’ve been redeemed from UNDER the Law.
Those UNDER the Mosaic law lived UNDER the strict rules and penalties of that Law.
Imagine driving down the road going 3 miles over the speed limit.
How many of you have ever done that?
(Some of you aren’t telling the truth).
You see red and blue lights in your rearview mirror and you pull over.
A policeman steps up to your window and gives you a ticket.
Did he have a right to give you that ticket?
Yeah.
Why?
Because the LAW decreed a certain limit... and you were over the limit set by Law.
You broke that Law, so you are subject to the penalties of that Law.
Romans 3 tells us that “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.”
We’ve all broken God’s Law and thus we are subject to the penalty of that Law.
And, what’s the penalty?
It is death.
According to Romans 6:23, Through Jesus Christ, we have escaped the penalty of the Law.
Being called a son of God is NOT just some glorified “get out of Hell free” card.
It’s an invitation from God to be HIS child.
To receive His blessings and to live with Him and spend time with Him for all eternity.
Imagine being approached by one of the wealthiest and most respected men in the nation.
He’s come to town and during his visit he meets you.
He takes a liking to you.
He likes you so much, he has a deal for you.
He wants to adopt you.
He wants to make you his child.
You will be heir to a fabulous fortune.
You will live in a mansion.
You’ll eat at his table.
And when you receive your inheritance, you will have no worries for the rest of your life.
Does that sound like a good deal to you?
Sounds like a GREAT deal to me!
And that’s precisely what God has offered us.
He has offered to adopt you.
What does that mean to be adopted?
First it means we are no longer under law.
And secondly it means
2. We ARE children of God.
Now with that position in relationship to God it does come with some responsibilities.
One major responsibility has to do with honoring, showing respect.
In Scripture, a proper son/daughter was one who honored their parents.
The 4th of the 10 commandments says
And Malachi 1:6 says that both a good son and good servant are expected to do this – to honor the one to whom they belong.
In
If we are a good child of God, or a good servant of God we will show it in the honor we give to our Father.
But how do I honor Him?
In other words, “Anyone who DOES NOT DO what is right IS NOT A CHILD of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.”
Thus, if we’re children of God…we will honor God by striving to do right things, not wrong things.
Because it will be found in our new life giving nature that God himself replaced the Old with the New.
It will be seen and there will be certain profound and radical changes in a true child of God’s life.
But now Philippians 2:14-15 carries it one step further:
We should do what we do for God with such a spirit of joy and excitement that the world sits up and takes notice.
We must not be seen as those who complain or argue.
Have you ever complained?
Have you ever argued?
Of course you have, and I have.
But as children of God we’ve got to get out of that mindset.
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