Romans 8:14-15a
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons (or the divinely born ones) of God. 15. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;..." What
did we tell you about the Law? It was a burden. It was severe. It was a
heavy Yoke that one could carry. And don't tell us that they didn't
live in a segment of fear. My goodness, bet you more than once they
slipped out on a Saturday afternoon and tried to pick up a few sticks
for fire, and they were scared to death that someone would see them and
they would be stoned to death. But you see we're not in that situation
nor are we in that institution. Paul says we're not under that spirit of
bondage to fear-
Romans 8:15b
"... but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."
Remember
when that tutor had that adult son ready to step in and be co-equal
with the father? Did the son have to come in like a little puppy dog
afraid of old dad? No. He's prepared; he's ready to come right in and
work along side the father. Why? Because he's been well-tutored, he's
ready for it, he's well trained and fully equipped. Well that's where we
are. By virtue of the work of the Cross and the Holy Spirit in us, now
God can place us as a fully completely tutored son of God and we can
come along side with Him. Now that's our position. Someday if the Lord
tarries we'll be going into the Book of Ephesians, and that is a Book of
position. Where are we as believers? We're in that exalted position,
even though we're here on the earth and still under the curse, we're up
against all the things that the rest of the world is, and a lot of us
are kind of blind to this fact, but in faith we can see that we're all
ready in that exalted position in the heavenliest, and we're already
joint heirs with Christ and In Christ.
Romans 8:15b
"...but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."
Can
we picture an 18 year-old son in the Middle East or Southeast Asia -
maybe his father has a jewelry store. Boy those jewelry stores over
there will just knock your eyes out. Can you imagine the exhilaration of
both the father and the son on the first morning that son comes in and
says, "Dad, I'm finally ready and I'm going to run the family business
with you." To see that father just as exhilarated and hear him say, "Son
I've been waiting for this day." Can you imagine that? That's what God
says every time a child of God is saved. God the Father says, "I've been
waiting for you. I've been waiting for this day." And He places us
right up there in a place of full responsibility after our season of
training under God listening, listening and growing in the knowledge of
Christ through the Holy Spirit. We know we've all begun as babes and we
feed on the milk of the Word, but positionally we're right up there with
God the Son. There has to come a time of our weening from the milk of
the word, when we're to be feed on the meat of our alter, the flesh and
blood of Christ. Which the priesthood of Aaron's priest's have no
fellowship or right to eat or have a share of.
Romans 8:16-17a
"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17. And if children, (or divinely born ones) then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;..." What's Christ's is ours, and on the other hand what's ours is His. Do you see that?
Romans 8:17b
"if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."
Now
there are many who throw this passage off by saying that we're
glorified already or the we're divinely and supernaturally blessed as
Israel was with all the material things of our hearts desire. BUT,
that's not what the word says at all, we're to suffer for our faith in
Christ, the Living Word and the Living God who imparts His Life into us
by what? FAITH! To accept those things of the world is to fall from
Grace and thereby miss God! And lose so great a salvation.
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