We Are Heirs of God
Romans 8:16-17King James Version (KJV)16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
When a person becomes a Christian,
he or she gains all the privileges and responsibilities of a child in Gods
family.
One of these outstanding
privileges is being led by the Holy Spirit
Galatians 4:6-7King James Version (KJV)6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Because you are sons (or
Heirs) God has sent forth the spirit of His son into your hearts, crying Abba
Father
Wherefore thou are no more a
servant, but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ Jesus
When the King James Bible
speaks of sons, it also means daughters
We may not feel as though we
belong to God but the Holy Spirit is our witness.
His inward presence reminds
us of who we are and encourages us with Gods love.
We are no longer like fearful
slaves; instead we are the Masters children. What a privilege that is.
Because we are Gods children
we share in great treasures as co-heirs.
So we should behave like Gods
very own children that have been adopted into His family through Christ Jesus.
Since we are His children we
will share His treasures.
For we are all the children of
God by faith in Christ Jesus
For as many of you as have
been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
And if you be Christ’s, then
you are heirs according to the promise.
God had to send his son Jesus
to redeem those who were under the Mosaic Law, that we might receive the
adoption of Sons.
Jesus redeemed us from the
Curse of the law by becoming a curse for us
He redeemed us in order that
the blessing given to Abraham might come to the gentiles. That is us, through
Christ Jesus
So by faith we might receive
the promise of the spirit. We are the heirs of God through our relationship
with Christ Jesus.
To be an heir of God we must
make Jesus the Lord of our life and serve God through him.
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