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The Spirit of Adoption: Embracing Inheritance and Assurance in the Christian Faith

Delve into the inner sanctum of faith through Romans 8, exploring the Spirit of Adoption, Guidance, Prayer, and Assurance. Discover hope in trials as you navigate the beauty of grace and the imperative of assurance. Uncover the subjective and objective grounds for assurance, and embrace your inheritance as heirs of God. Journey towards a glorious home, holiness, body, vision, worship, reward, and reunion with God. Explore the profound connection between believers and God through the lens of inheritance and assurance.

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The Spirit of Adoption: Embracing Inheritance and Assurance in the Christian Faith

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  1. “Children of God” Part Two (Rom. 8: 14-17) February 6, 2005

  2. Romans 8 “the inner sanctuary within the cathedral of the Christian faith.”

  3. The Spirit of Adoption • Guidance • Prayer • Assurance • Inheritance 5. Hope in Trials

  4. The Spirit of Adoption • Guidance “prompting and strengthening,” particularly in matters of mortifying sin

  5. The Spirit of Adoption • Prayer • Instinctive Cry • Intimate Cry - Abba • Expectant Cry (Luke 11:11-13)

  6. “For everything that Christ taught, everything that makes the New Testament new, and better than the Old, everything that is distinctively Christian as opposed to merely Jewish, is summed up in the knowledge of the Fatherhood of God. ‘Father’ is the Christian name for God.” … J. I. Packer

  7. The Spirit of Adoption • Assurance

  8. The Importance of Assurance “Believers cannot lose the seeds, the root of grace; yet they may lose assurance, which is the beauty and fragrance, the crown and glory of grace. These two lovers, grace and assurance, are not by God so nearly joined together but that they may by sin … be put asunder. … Thomas Brooks

  9. The Danger of False Assurance • Matt. 7:21-23

  10. The Imperative of Assurance • 2 Peter 1:10 • 2 Cor. 13:5 • 1 John 5:13

  11. The Objective Grounds of Assurance • John 6:35-40 • John 10:27-30 • 1 Corinthians 1:7-9 • 1 Peter 1:3-5

  12. The Subjective Grounds of Assurance • Inner witness of the Spirit, confirming adoption • Indications of Assurance in 1 John

  13. The Indications For Assurance • Two Fundamental Truths A. Incarnation B. God is Light (3 erroneous views of cultists) II. First Application of the Three Tests (2:3-27) A. Moral Test (Righteousness) (2:3-6) B. Social Test (Love) (2:7-11) [A digression about the world (2:12-17)] C. Doctrinal Test (Belief) (2:18-27)

  14. The Spirit of Adoption • Inheritance • Heirs, heirs of God, and fellow heirs with Christ • Ephesians 1:13-14

  15. The Spirit of Adoption • Inheritance • a glorious home – heaven (the house of God) • a glorious holiness – the perfecting of God • a glorious body – the healing of God • a glorious vision – the vision of God • a glorious worship – unhindered worship of God

  16. The Spirit of Adoption • Inheritance • a glorious reward – the praise of God • a glorious reunion – the children of God • the earth (Psalm 2:8) • God (Romans 5:2)

  17. “Wait a minute. I know who you are. I see the family resemblance. You are a son of God! God is your father! Boy you’ve got a great inheritance. Go and claim it.”

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