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<div class="SSN_title">"HEIRS OF GOD"</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. GREAT TRUTHS.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. I am a son of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. <a onClick="return mV('Jhn',1,12);">John 1:12</a> "But as many as received Him, Jesus Christ, to them gave He the power to become sons of God, even to them that believe on His name."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. By my natural birth I was a son of Satan.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Jesus said to the Jews, "You are of your father the devil."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. I have been born again by the Spirit of God, into the family of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. Paul wrote to the church in Rome,</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',8,14);">ROM 8:14</a> For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',8,15);">ROM 8:15</a> For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',8,16);">ROM 8:16</a> The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('Rom',8,17);">ROM 8:17</a> And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ;</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. John wrote, "Beloved now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts crying Abba, Father.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Abba is the Hebrew word for father.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. It is a word of endearment, more equivalent to our word daddy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">c. My children called me daddy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">d. Should they come up and call me father, I would be suspicious.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">e. There is something cozy about daddy.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">f. Therein lies the awesome grace. That though He is the holy, eternal, omnipotent God, yet He has opened His heart to me, and wants to be a daddy to me.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">g. I think that the Abba, Father shows to us the fine balance. We need to have the utmost respect because of who He is, Father. But He desires in the same token that we feel a complete freedom to approach Him, Abba.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. I was not born a son, but by His glorious grace I was adopted into the family.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. When we went with our daughter and her family before the judge for the adoption of her little girl, the judge said, "Now you realize that in adopting this child she has all of the rights and benefits of your other children. She also becomes an heir." The judge then asked if the children one by one if they were willing to accept this. The idea was that if and when their parents die, she will receive her share of the inheritance.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. God wanted to adopt us as His children, and Jesus consented to share the inheritance with us. Joint heirs with Christ.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. I am an heir of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. To the Romans Paul wrote, "If children then heirs."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Here he writes, "If a son, then heir of God through Christ."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. I do not think that we can fully comprehend this awesome truth, to think that I am an heir of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. When I was growing up, I had a cousin who when she was about six years old inherited 7 million dollars from her grandmother's will.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. I used to fantasize what it would be like to inherit a fortune.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">6. I used to think, "Wouldn't it be great to have some unknown uncle die and leave his fortune to me."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">7. I discovered that I am an heir, an heir of God, and a joint heir with Jesus Christ.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">8. I am a child of God with all of the inherent blessings and privileges.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">9. One special aspect to this is that I do not have to wait for the death of the Father to claim the inheritance. "He owns the cattle on a thousand hills, The wealth in every mine, He owns the rivers and the rocks and rills, The Sun and stars that shine. Wonderful riches more than tongue can tell, He is my Father so they are mine as well."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">10. There is plenty to go around. The resources are more than sufficient, and should anything run short, He can create as much as might be needed. I think that God in the creating the Universe, showed His tremendous extravagance. Why would He create billions of galaxies with billions of stars in each galaxy? They are not all necessary for our existence here on earth. I wonder how many of those stars have their own planetary systems?</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. INTERESTING TRUTHS.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. A child who is the heir of the family fortune is no different than a servant until he comes of age.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. My cousin who inherited the fortune from her grandmother could not have access to the money when she was six years old. The money was placed into a trust until she would come of age.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. A sad tragedy is that she became mentally incompetent and has been in institutional care all of her life, and has thus not been able to realize her wealth.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Paul is using a similar analogy in describing how that the law was as the tutor of governor teaching us the basic principles of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. As long as they were under the law, they could not inherit the promises that are made through grace.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. In the fullness of time God sent His Son to open the way to receive the inheritance by placing us as adult sons, or sons who have come of age.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. What Paul is saying is that by the grace of God, we can begin now to enjoy the benefits of our inheritance.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. We sing "When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be." We do not have to wait till we all get to heaven to rejoice.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Peter wrote,</div>
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<div class="SSN_verse"><a onClick="return mV('1Pe',1,8);">1PE 1:8</a> Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:</div>
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