Prepare: Who can be adopted into the family of God?
Read: Romans 8:9-17
This chapter is one of the most interesting and precious portions of the sacred Scriptures. Some parts of it are hard to understand; but its main scope and design is apparent to all. The resurrection of Christ is the most significant event in all of history! Our hearts still rejoice when we remember the day, the stone was rolled away from the grave where Jesus lay, which is the evidence that assures us of our own future resurrection.
Martha and Paul adopted a little girl, Alice. Alice's dark skin tells that she was not born to her new parents, who are white-skinned, blonde and blue-eyed. Martha and Paul love Alice very much. "Alice is truly an important part of our family." Martha fretted one day that they are not rich, hence Alice will not inherit great wealth from them, but her husband said with a smile, "when we are adopted into God's family we become heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ." God gives us authority to overcome all the power of the enemy and enjoy all the spiritual blessings in Christ. (Eph.1:3).
The Aramaic word Abba is fairly close to our very familiar, warm and intimate nickname "Appa." Jesus addressed His Father in this manner. Through Jesus we are made heirs to a magnificent inheritance, into the Father's family. We enter God's family by the new birth, not by adoption (John 3).
Respond: We are free, but we are still debtors to the Lord.
Read: Romans 8:9-17
This chapter is one of the most interesting and precious portions of the sacred Scriptures. Some parts of it are hard to understand; but its main scope and design is apparent to all. The resurrection of Christ is the most significant event in all of history! Our hearts still rejoice when we remember the day, the stone was rolled away from the grave where Jesus lay, which is the evidence that assures us of our own future resurrection.
Martha and Paul adopted a little girl, Alice. Alice's dark skin tells that she was not born to her new parents, who are white-skinned, blonde and blue-eyed. Martha and Paul love Alice very much. "Alice is truly an important part of our family." Martha fretted one day that they are not rich, hence Alice will not inherit great wealth from them, but her husband said with a smile, "when we are adopted into God's family we become heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ." God gives us authority to overcome all the power of the enemy and enjoy all the spiritual blessings in Christ. (Eph.1:3).
The Aramaic word Abba is fairly close to our very familiar, warm and intimate nickname "Appa." Jesus addressed His Father in this manner. Through Jesus we are made heirs to a magnificent inheritance, into the Father's family. We enter God's family by the new birth, not by adoption (John 3).
Respond: We are free, but we are still debtors to the Lord.
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