1. “We Are Sons/Daughters of God!”
Galatians 3:26-4:7

2. Dr. Garvin McClain came out in his scrubs saying, “Mr
Dr. Garvin McClain came out in his scrubs saying, “Mr. Nichols are you ready to see your baby?”

3. This is precisely what God desires for you
This is precisely what God desires for you. He wants all of us to be in His family. Jesus was never meant to be an only child…

4. John 1:11-13
“He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

5. To depend on law to save you, means one is reverting back into a second childhood…

6. to see it is by grace NOT law we are adopted into God’s family
Purpose:
to see it is by grace NOT law we are adopted into God’s family

7. I God Accepts Us Based on the Finished Work of Christ

8. “Did I hear you say there are hundreds of religions
“Did I hear you say there are hundreds of religions? Actually, there are only two. The first is the religion where salvation is achieved by what you do. The second religion is where people are saved by something already done.”
H. A. Ironside

9. I God Accepts Us Based on the Finished Work of Christ
A. “When the Fullness of Time Came” Means What?

10. Perfect timing!!

11. God gave humanity years to demonstrate that people cannot redeem themselves…

12. I God Accepts Us Based on the Finished Work of Christ
A. “When the Fullness of Time Came” Means What?
B. All Relying on Law Are Under a Curse

13. Galatians 3:10 (Simple English Translation)
“People who depend on following law to make them right are under condemnation, because it is written. ‘A person must do everything which is written in the book of law. If he does not always obey those things, then that person is under condemnation.’”

14. I God Accepts Us Based on the Finished Work of Christ
A. “When the Fullness of Time Came” Means What?
B. All Relying on Law Are Under a Curse
C. How Then Can Law Breakers Ever Become Sons?

15. Galatians 3:13
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us – for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.’”

16. II God Accepts Us at Baptism

17. Galatians 3:26-27
“For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.”

18. II God Accepts Us at Baptism
A. Baptism is the Moment of Adoption

19. Dr. Jack Cottrell Professor of Theology at Cincinnati Bible Seminary
“There is a world of difference between redemptive friendship and brotherly fellowship.”
Dr. Jack Cottrell Professor of Theology at Cincinnati Bible Seminary

20. Colossians 2:12
“…having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.”

21. II God Accepts Us at Baptism
A. Baptism is the Moment of Adoption
B. Baptism is Consistent With Grace

22. Doctor gives prescription. You receive the script and get well
Doctor gives prescription. You receive the script and get well. Did you earn it, did you merit getting better?

23. III God Accepts Us With the Seal of Adoption
A. Christians Are Promised the Holy Spirit

24. Galatians 4:6
“And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying ‘Abba! Father.’”

25. Titus 3:5
“He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.”

26. III God Accepts Us With the Seal of Adoption
A. Christians Are Promised the Holy Spirit
B. We Can Know We Have the Holy Spirit
C. Things That Happen as a Result of Sonship

27. Romans 8:15
“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’”

28. 1 John 5:3
“For this is the love of God that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.”

29. Conclusion and Summary
The application of what happens when we enter sonship with God. There are so many matters, but let me summarize this passage by referring to the following two matters:
1. We Become Members of Christ’s Community…
2. We Become Heirs of Christ’s Prosperity

30. Conclusion and Summary
Brethren, it’s time you and I stopped living like slaves and started living like we were sons and daughters of the King!