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Bible Baptist Church

Bradenton, Florida

John Barch

Galatians Wk15

Biblical Sonship                        Gal 4:1-7 
n     Preparation for Sonship
n     A Child is Like A Servant
n     That the heir-The Only Child Within the Family
n     He is a child (nepios)-An Infant
n     Though he be lord of all-Potentially
n     The Heir Has Two Problems:
n     First, Cannot Receive His Inheritance as long as he is a child
n     Second, As a Child, He differeth nothing from a servant
n     Both the Child and the Servant:
n     Possess No Inheritance
n     Are Subservient and Obedient
n     Analogy: As Long as Under the Law, Cannot Receive the Spiritual Inheritance
n     A Child is Under Supervision
n     The Time of the Heir is Divided into Two Periods:
n     First under tutors and governors or Supervisors
n     Tutors-Means Guardians of Minors or Orphans
n     Governors-Literally Means House Laws or Stewards
n     Second, The Time of the Supervision was Restricted
n     A Child Is in Bondage
n     Even so we-Paul and the Galatian Christians
n     Three Facts About the Bondage
n     First, we… were in bondage (douloo)-Under the Law of Stewards
n     Second, when we were children-When We Were Unconverted
n     Third, the Scope of the Bondage was under the elements of the world 
n     Means of Sonship
n     The Incarnation of the Son
n     Five Features of This Essential Doctrine:
n     First, when the fulness of the time-At An Appointed Time
n     Second, God sent forth his Son-Pre-incarnate Existence
n     The Word sent forth (exapesteilen) Means: To Send Out of (heaven) With a Commission n     The Commission-To Turn Servants of the Law into Sons of God
n     Third, his Son-The Only Begotten or The Only One of a Kind
n     Fourth, made of a woman-The Virgin Birth
n     Fifth,  under the law-To Fulfill the Law, Not to Destroy It (Matt 5:17)
n     The Redemption of the Son
n     Two Purposes Shown in the Verse
n     First, To redeem them that were under the law-Freed from Bondage
n     Second, that we might receive the adoption of sons-New Status in Christ (Heb 2:9 & 15) 
n     Confirmation of Sonship
n     And because ye are sons-Two Realities to Know If You Are a Spiritual Son
n     First, Awareness of Our Father in Heaven
n     God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son-The Father Sent the Son to Provide the Positions of Sons
n     Into your hearts-The Presence of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19 & Rom 8:9 )
n     Crying, Abba, Father-The Spirit Speaks to the Father From Within the Believer (Rom 8:26)
n     Second, Joint Heirs with Jesus
n     There is a Progression: servant…son…heir
n     Thou art no more-Wake Up to the Work of Grace
n     An heir of God through Christ-You Have An Assured Place in the Inheritance

 

Published Nov 01 2009, 12:23 PM by jbarch

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