December 10, 2019 NO LONGER A SLAVE
Galatians 4:6-7 “And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying “Abba! Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.”
This one verse, when believed and received personally as true, solves the identity crisis and gives us the right perspective in life. Those who are sons and daughters of God are indeed privileged. All who do not know God as Lord and Savior are slaves; slaves to living life according to their own limited understanding, and slaves to sin. God came to save us, even to save us from ourselves. By receiving Jesus as Savior and Lord, we become sons and daughters, and as such, God sends forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts. One of the greatest works of the Spirit in us is that of revealing to us that God is our Father! The word “Abba” is used as a term of endearment and intimacy and knowing God as Father in a personal way. We may know in our mind, and believe that God is our Father, but when the Spirit reveals this truth to us in the deepest part of our being, everything changes-and changes for the better! As sons and daughters, we have a rich inheritance in God, and the good news is that we do not have to wait until we die and get to heaven to receive our inheritance-it starts now and will continue throughout eternity-our inheritance will never be exhausted! I shared in a previous blog about how on one particular night, as I looked up to admire a beautiful star filled night sky, I heard in my spirit what I knew without a doubt was a word from God. What I heard was: “The God that made those stars is your Father.” Had you asked me years before that particular night if I believed that God was my Father, I would have said ‘of course I know that.’ That night when the Holy Spirit revealed to me that God is my real Father, everything changed. I suddenly realized that since GOD IS MY FATHER, what do I have to fear or what do I have to worry about? NOTHING! Many believers still live as slaves, not knowing or experiencing life as a son or daughter of God, not enjoying the inheritance that is theirs. The gospel truth is that we are no longer orphans and slaves to self and sin; we have been made sons and daughters of God and our inheritance has already began. Let us focus on, let it be the chief desire of our heart to know God as Abba Father. If and when that is our desire, we can be assured that the Spirit will begin to reveal to us that God is our Father. The Spirit of His Son has already been sent forth into our hearts.
Luke 12:32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.”
1 John 3:1 “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children of God.”
John 20:17b “I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.”
Blessings,
Buddy
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