BIBLE READING: Song 6; 7; 8; Galatians 4
“And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father” Galatians 4:6 (KJV)
The new creation spirit is the spirit of sonship. Anyone that receives Jesus is empowered with sonship spirit.
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” John 1:12 (KJV). The servant spirit is different from the sonship spirit. The believers under the Old covenant were not saved as sons but as servants. The new testament believers are elevated to sonship status. The law does not make the keepers sons but servants. Grace makes the recipients sons because sonship status is not attained by works but by grace. “And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end” Hebrews 3:5-6 (KJV).
Everyone belonging to this new house, the church, has been elevated to sonship status. The new house is made up of Jews or Gentiles who are redeemed by faith in Jesus. However, sonship status does not automatically translate to sonship mindset. The believer in Christ has to renew the mind and grow in to embrace the mindset of sons in order to enjoy in practical reality his sonship status. As long as the believer remains a baby, he cannot express and enjoy his new status. The new creation serves with the spirit of sonship.
Prayer : I put on the mind of Christ so I can fully assume and enjoy my sonship status in Christ.
Rev. Vincent Diolu