YE ARE SONS

Sunday Morning:  February 23, 2003

Text:  Galatians 3:1-3  "O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2. This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3. Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?"

THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON

Galatians 4:5-7  "To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ."

SONS OF GOD

Job 1:6  "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them."

SONS OF GOD WERE THERE

Job 38:4-7  "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6. Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7. When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"

SONS OF GOD

Psalms 82:6  "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children [sons] of the most High."

ANGELS JUDGE

Psalms 82:1  "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods [judges]."

ANGELS RULE IN HEAVEN

Daniel 10:13  "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia."

JESUS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON

1 John 4:9  "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him."

POSITION AS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON

Hebrews 11:17  "By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son."

ISHMAEL HIS FIRSTBORN

Genesis 17:18-20  "And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 19. And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. 20. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation."

BIRTH WITH POSITION

Matthew 2:1-2  "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2. Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him."

OVERCOMERS ARE SONS

Revelation 21:7  "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son."

OVERCOMERS RULE

Revelation 2:26  "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:"

JESUS OVERCAME

Revelation 3:21  "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne."

JESUS, KING OF KINGS

Revelation 17:14  "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."

FAITHFUL SERVANT RULE

Matthew 25:23  "His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."

OBSERVING JESUS

Hebrews 12:2-3  "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds."

ABBA SPIRIT

Mark 14:36  "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."

THE WILL OF THE FATHER

John 4:34  "Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work."

CHILDREN NOT SONS

John 1:12  "But as many as received [aorist active indicative] him, to them gave [aorist active indicative] he power to become [aorist middle, for myself] the sons  [teknon, mature children] of God,  . . ."

CHILDREN OF GOD

1 John 3:1-2  "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons [teknon, mature children] of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2. Beloved, now are we the sons [teknon, mature children] of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."

BEING SONS OF GOD

Romans 8:14  "For as many as are led by the spirit of God, they are [present passive] the sons [uiov, son] of God."

CHILDREN OF GOD

Philippians 2:15  "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons [teknon, mature children] of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;"

WAITING FOR THE MANIFESTATION

Romans 8:19  "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation [apokaluyiv, revelation] of the sons of God."

SONS OF GOD MANIFESTED

Luke 19:15-19  "And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. 16. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 17. And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. 18. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities."