"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'” (Rom 8:15).
So what does it mean that we have this Spirit of adoption? It means that, just as a child you might adopt, we are chosen. We don't have to try to somehow earn God's love, We do not have to go through an interview process or a period of probation. In Christ, "The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children" (v. 16).
As such, we are not beggars pleading for some consideration of our need or bidders seeking to make a bargain to fulfill them. As children of God in Christ, "we are heirs —heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ" (v. 17).
As an heir, a seat at the table is yours. You don't have to your way in or wrangle for an invitation. In fact, neither of those tactics are of any value as only heirs, whether by natural course (Christ) or by adoption (us), are welcome.
When Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no man comes to the Father except by me" (Jn 14:6), he clear that this adoption through him is the only path to family status, the only thing way to the Father's table.
No one else can earn it or buy it or steal it. It is ours, our for the taking. All we have to do is to accept the gift of sonship that the Father seeks to bestow upon us. And, that is the only way we can receive it. It is also how we can lose it: The accepting or rejecting is our choice.
Listen to thee words of the Gospel of John, "He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" (Jn 1:11-12).
You have the right to become aa adopted child of God, a co-heir with Christ but the choice is yours: This world and what it has to offer or the Kingdom of Heven and what it has to offer. Which life do you choose? Jus' Ask'n.
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