For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the Spirit of bondage, to fear again: but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The same Spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. If we be children, we are also heirs, even the heirs of God, and heirs annexed with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
Romans 8:14-17 (GNV Translation Ed. 1599)
Greetings in the name of Jesus
All that are Christ’s are taken into the relation of Children to God,. They are led by the Spirit of God, as a scholar in his learning is led by his tutor, as a traveller in his journey is led by his guide, as a soldier in his engagements is led by his captain; not driven as beasts, but led as rational creatures, drawn with the cords of a man and the bands of love. It is the undoubted character of all true believers that they are led by the Spirit of God. Having submitted themselves in believing to his guidance, they do in their obedience follow that guidance, and are sweetly led into all truth and all duty. Their privilege: They are the sons of God, received into the number of God’s children by adoption, owned and loved by him as his children.
Source Matthew’s Bible Commentary
Friends, when one accepts God’s offer of mercy and grace, one indeed becomes a member of the family. To use the vernacular, we’re kinfolk. So, it behooves us to act as members of a family. Let us love one another, (yes there will be family squabbles from time to time), and let us seek each other out in times of good and bad. Offer of ourselves in the service of one another whenever possible. But more importantly, let us show the lost the benefits of being a family member by showing the love of Christ to them, through us.
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