“The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”” Romans 8:15 (NIV)
It is when we believe in Jesus Christ as our Savior that we enter and become a part of the family of God. Today's verse describes how God brings about this change. So, who is it that brings a change in our lives when we believe in Jesus? It is the Holy Spirit. He comes to live in us and the result is that we become God's children. We are adopted into God's family by the coming of the Spirit and this relationship is very personal and a continuing one. Today, the Holy Spirit makes the relationship real. He is the one who helps us to call God our Father. We can call Him Father in a very personal way like a child calls his or her Daddy. This is the ministry of the spirit of adoption as our verse says and as we come to understand the true nature of God as revealed in the Bible we might be amazed that He not only allows us, but even encourages us to Call Him by that very personal name as we cry out to Him, “Abba” Father.
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December 21
“But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship*.” Galatians 4:4-5 (NIV)
We do not know the exact date Jesus was born. That is not recorded for us. We do know that He did come perfectly on time. Jesus came when the time had fully come. And who was it that had set that time? It was, of course God Himself. He had set the year, the month and the day. And He had set the hour and the place as well. So we know that when Jesus came was when the “time had fully come.” The same thing is true with the events of our lives. God allows things to come into our lives to fulfill His purpose for us. Things don’t just happen and they aren’t accidental. Let us praise God for that and trust Him.
* The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.
We do not know the exact date Jesus was born. That is not recorded for us. We do know that He did come perfectly on time. Jesus came when the time had fully come. And who was it that had set that time? It was, of course God Himself. He had set the year, the month and the day. And He had set the hour and the place as well. So we know that when Jesus came was when the “time had fully come.” The same thing is true with the events of our lives. God allows things to come into our lives to fulfill His purpose for us. Things don’t just happen and they aren’t accidental. Let us praise God for that and trust Him.
* The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.
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