Galatians 4:7 Why you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. I. SONSHIP IS HERE CONTRASTED WITH SERVITUDE. 1. It is a change from ignorance to knowledge. 2. A change from bondage to self-control. 3. A change from a temporal relationship to an eternal one. II. THIS SONSHIP IS THE GIFT OF GOD. 1. God intervenes with the offer of sonship at the fitting time. 2. God sends the only Being who can win us to sonship. 3. God accompanies the gift of sonship with the only infallible witness — the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. III. THIS GIFT OF SONSHIP MAKES US HEIRS OF GOD. (S. Pearson, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.WEB: So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. |
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