THE POSSESSION OF SONSHIP

THE POSSESSIONS OF SONSHIP

        

The sons are set free from the bondage of fear (Rom. 8:15). The thrice holy God is our Father. Even death can mean only the entrance of a son into his Father's House. "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."

              We are given the Spirit of God's Son (Gal. 4:6). This means the Holy Spirit, not merely a Christ-like disposition. But this Spirit brings consciousness of Sonship and the obedience of a Son.

"And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."

       

              We are given great assurance and boldness (Rom. 8:15 - cf. Mark 14:32, 36). Think of this - the spotless Only-begotten Son, made higher than the heavens, prays "Abba" - that intimate and endearing name. And we are given this boldness! "And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt."

              We are given the family Name (Rev. 3:12 with 21:7). "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name." "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son."

                     5. We are made heirs of God - joint-heirs with Christ (Gal. 4:7). Rom. 8:17 "Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." "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."

                     6. We are assured a special Resurrection and Immortality (Luke 20:35-36 ASV). Note that his last possession is still future in experience. Part of the inheritance is not yet explored. But it is ours as surely as if we were now in the Resurrection body. "But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:" "Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection."