THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON

Sunday Morning: June 6, 1999

Text: Galatians 4:6-7 "And because ye are [present active] sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son [sonship] 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."

DON'T THINK TO HIGHLY

Romans 12:3 "For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."

SONS ARE NOT SERVANTS

YET PAUL WAS A SERVANT

THE CRY OF A SON

SUFFERING FIRST

THE HOPE OF GLORY

ABLE TO GROW

John 1:12 "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons [te>knon, mature child] of God, even to them that believe [present active participle] on his name:"

JESUS THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON

John 1:18 "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him."

SUFFERING TO BE SONS

Matthew 5:44-45 "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45. That ye may be [aorist middle subjunctive] the children [sons] of your Father which is in heaven: &ldots;"

HE WAS BEING A SON

FROM FRIENDS

IN THE GARDEN

BEHAVE LIKE A SON

Philippians 3:10-11 "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11. If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead."

THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON

TO BEHAVE AS A SON

SONS ARE NOT SERVANTS

YET PAUL WAS A SERVANT

THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST

Philippians 2:5-9 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7. But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8. And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:"

JESUS HAD THAT SPIRIT

WHO BEWITCHED YOU?

Galatians 3:1 "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?"

SPIRIT OF SONSHIP LEARNED

Galatians 3:2 "This only would I learn [desire] of you, Received ye the Spirit (of sonship) by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"

PERFECTING SONSHIP THROUGH FAITH

THROUGH SUFFERING

THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF TEACHING

THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP CAN BE LOST

Galatians 4:19 "My little children (not sons), of whom I travail in birth again until Christ (the spirit of sonship) be formed in you,"

THE FAITHFUL BECOME SONS

THROUGH THE HOPE OF GLORY