A Member of the Family - 10.18.20

Sermon Manuscript: Galatians 3:19-25

Series: Why it Matters

Galatians 3:26-28 (CSB)

26 for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus. 27 For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus. 

 

 

 

Point number 1:

Christians are not part of a club, they are part of a family.

 

 

 

John 1:12-13 (CSB)

12 But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name, 13 who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.

 

 

 

 

Romans 8:14-17  (CSB)

14 For all those led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons. 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!” 16 The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, 17 and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and coheirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

 

 

 

Galatians 3:29-4:3  (CSB)

29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.

4 Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything. 2 Instead, he is under guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elements of the world. 

 

 

Point number 2:

As a member of the family, your name has been written in the Father’s Will.

 

 

Ephesians 3:4-6  (CSB)

4 By reading this you are able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ. 5 This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit: 6 The Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and partners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

 

 

 

Hebrews 9:15-16 (CSB)

15 Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. 16 Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established.

 

 

 

Galatians 4:4-5  (CSB)

4 When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 

 

 

Point number 3: 

Like an orphan, you were hand-picked by your father in Heaven.

 

 

Galatians 4:6-7  (CSB)

6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then God has made you an heir.

 

 

Point number 4:

As a believer in Jesus, you have full rights to the Kingdom of God.