THE CHILDREN OF GOD!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 07, 2021.

SUBJECT: THE CHILDREN OF GOD!

Memory verse:  "And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba Father!” (Galatians 4 vs 6.) 

READ: Romans 8 vs 14 - 17:

8:14: For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.

8:15: For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." 

8:16: The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we children of God, 

8:17: and if children, then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

INTIMATION:

When you are in Christ, you are a new creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works. If then we are new creatures, Satan has nothing in a child of God. That new creation is all of God. The old thing that Satan owned and controlled is all passed away and the things that are in you now are all of God. Jesus said in John 14 vs 30, "....for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me." The same is true regarding the children of God, they are new creatures in Christ. 

When you know this fact, as you know the multiplication table, you will have something that will absolutely put to flight the forces of Satan. There isn't any reason why a child of God should live in constant fear of sin and doubt when he or she is the very son or daughter of God. Satan, and his cohorts rule over the children of God by subterfuge, by bluff, by deception, holding them in bondage through their ignorance of what they are in Christ and what belongs to them as heirs.

In the passage we read today, the old bondage of fear and want and diseases is gone. The child of God has another spirit now, a recreated spirit. God is no longer God to you: He is your Father, and as a Father, He is your Lover, Caretaker, and Faithful Companion. You aren't afraid of anything now. You are absolutely fearless, and now you have the leading of the Spirit of God, a solid front, before all your enemies. You lift up your banner; you shout His praises; you stand complete in Him over every circumstance and every attack of the enemy.

When you came into the family of God, you made a confession of Christ’s Lordship over your life. When you confess His Lordship, it is not only His dominion over you, but "Lord" means "the bread-provider," the caretaker, the protector from all your enemies. He becomes at once the Lord of your life. You actually become a partaker of the Divine Nature. (Second Peter 1 vs 4). And as you become a partaker of His Nature, you become a partaker of His ability. God's ability becomes your ability. God's Strength becomes your strength, and Jesus is the surety of that New Covenant for you. (Hebrews 7 vs. 22.) When you acknowledge Him as your Lord, then God becomes automatically your very Father. All the resources of heaven are at your disposal.

Now,  the Scripture in Second Corinthians 3 vs 4 - 5 says, "And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God." We have tried to conquer the adversary with our own strength. We have tried to overcome temptation with our own wills. That is unnecessary, for as a child of God, His Will has become yours; His sufficiency is yours; His ability is yours. Now we become efficient as a member of the body of Christ with His efficiency. God also, made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant. Consequently, you yield to the God inside of you. As you walk with Him, you become "God-inside minded" so that again and again during the day as you face life's problems you remember that the Greater One is in you.

Prayer: Abba Father, You are my faithful Companion, and my all in all. Satan is under my feet. You have given me the spirit of power, love, and a sound mind. Engrace me to fully exercise my rights as Your son, in Jesus’ Name I prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!