Sonship - Son of God In Christ
Introduction to Sonship - a Father-son relationship
Sonship Edification Forum Link for more details information on our sonship Father-son adoption by God the Holy Spirit:
http://bibledoctrine.freeforums.org/adoption-by-god-the-holy-spirit-f30.html
Being a son of God is one of the grand privileges and honors that God freely gives to those who have put their trust in the redemptive work of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Romans 3:21-26). However, it is not something that is unique to those who have believed in Christ in this present dispensation of God’s grace. In fact, it is the kind of relationship that God originally wanted to have with Adam and Eve in the garden. A relationship of intimacy, connection, God being a Father to man in creating them, caring for them, providing their need for growth and development, and educating them to become like Him. This education was begun in the garden, and we see evidence that Adam we becoming like God in his thinking, his behavior, and his labor. However, that was interrupted by the deception Eve accepted from the policy of evil (Satan) and the poor decision Adam made to gain the “knowledge of good and evil”. Both Adam and Eve thought to gain knowledge by another way besides God’s direction and teaching. By doing so, they rejected the relationship God offered them in respect to the teaching He was preparing them for, that is, becoming mature as a son and daughter.
In working out a plan of reconciliation, God created a nation of his own and separated them from the rebellious nations of the earth. Israel was also going to be adopted and treated by God as a son (Exodus 4:22-23). However, soon after coming out of Egypt, they rejected the provision of the LORD and His Fatherly role, and chose instead to be dealt with by God on the basis of their own works, as God declared them unfit for salvation: Psalm 95: "Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest".
God’s council did not fail. God fully anticipated this, knowing He would make man (Israel included) capable of receiving a sonship kind of relationship with Him. To do so, He would first take care of man’s sin as the Redeemer. So, he promised Israel to send His the Redeemer, His own son, into the world. Thus, Jesus Christ came into the world as that perfect son. Then, in laboring with his Father, He gave his life on the cross to satisfy God’s wrath against sin, which was laid upon Christ, to judge and destroy the effects of sin in mankind. This gave Israel the opportunity to become reconciled to God and become sons of God just as John 1:12-13 states.
Then God revealed a mystery through the apostle Paul, and extended this privilege to the Gentiles as well. Today, anyone who believes the gospel of God's grace is given the privilege of being God’s son. God offers to have that same intimacy, connection, provision, and education offered to us as His sons and daughters today. Through His "Spirit of adoption", God has given us the word that He has written to us today. God has designed for us to learn how to relate with Him as fully mature sons and glorify Him as sons. To accomplish our education, God has written not just a random compilation of books, but instead has organized a curriculum that is to be followed specifically from beginning to end. This is what studying God’s word as a Son is all about: recognizing that curriculum given to us in Paul’s epistles and studying through it for the edification of our souls unto godliness. The Education link outlines this curriculum which both Israel and saints today operate on maturing as a son of God. Future updates will provide more detailed Son Curriculum studies.
Sonship Edification Forum Link for more details information on our sonship Father-son adoption by God the Holy Spirit:
http://bibledoctrine.freeforums.org/adoption-by-god-the-holy-spirit-f30.html
Being a son of God is one of the grand privileges and honors that God freely gives to those who have put their trust in the redemptive work of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (Romans 3:21-26). However, it is not something that is unique to those who have believed in Christ in this present dispensation of God’s grace. In fact, it is the kind of relationship that God originally wanted to have with Adam and Eve in the garden. A relationship of intimacy, connection, God being a Father to man in creating them, caring for them, providing their need for growth and development, and educating them to become like Him. This education was begun in the garden, and we see evidence that Adam we becoming like God in his thinking, his behavior, and his labor. However, that was interrupted by the deception Eve accepted from the policy of evil (Satan) and the poor decision Adam made to gain the “knowledge of good and evil”. Both Adam and Eve thought to gain knowledge by another way besides God’s direction and teaching. By doing so, they rejected the relationship God offered them in respect to the teaching He was preparing them for, that is, becoming mature as a son and daughter.
In working out a plan of reconciliation, God created a nation of his own and separated them from the rebellious nations of the earth. Israel was also going to be adopted and treated by God as a son (Exodus 4:22-23). However, soon after coming out of Egypt, they rejected the provision of the LORD and His Fatherly role, and chose instead to be dealt with by God on the basis of their own works, as God declared them unfit for salvation: Psalm 95: "Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest".
God’s council did not fail. God fully anticipated this, knowing He would make man (Israel included) capable of receiving a sonship kind of relationship with Him. To do so, He would first take care of man’s sin as the Redeemer. So, he promised Israel to send His the Redeemer, His own son, into the world. Thus, Jesus Christ came into the world as that perfect son. Then, in laboring with his Father, He gave his life on the cross to satisfy God’s wrath against sin, which was laid upon Christ, to judge and destroy the effects of sin in mankind. This gave Israel the opportunity to become reconciled to God and become sons of God just as John 1:12-13 states.
Then God revealed a mystery through the apostle Paul, and extended this privilege to the Gentiles as well. Today, anyone who believes the gospel of God's grace is given the privilege of being God’s son. God offers to have that same intimacy, connection, provision, and education offered to us as His sons and daughters today. Through His "Spirit of adoption", God has given us the word that He has written to us today. God has designed for us to learn how to relate with Him as fully mature sons and glorify Him as sons. To accomplish our education, God has written not just a random compilation of books, but instead has organized a curriculum that is to be followed specifically from beginning to end. This is what studying God’s word as a Son is all about: recognizing that curriculum given to us in Paul’s epistles and studying through it for the edification of our souls unto godliness. The Education link outlines this curriculum which both Israel and saints today operate on maturing as a son of God. Future updates will provide more detailed Son Curriculum studies.
