So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir. Galatians 4:7
Heaven is our ultimate goal. As a matter of fact, on a personal basis, heaven is the only goal that really matters for me. A man who owns everything amounts to having nothing if his relationship with God isn't there. This relationship is what really matters! We are all after something because we have this craving inside us to be fulfilled but most of us were brought up thinking that practicing religion is the way to get there. We fail to realize that we do not start out as children of God but slaves of this world. In John 1:12, we are told that only those who accepted Christ as his/her Lord and Saviour are given the right to be called children of God and therefore freed from slavery.
I want to go to heaven so badly, I wouldn't mind being allowed in as a slave. Wouldn't you? As long as we can get in. But unfortunately, we can not enter heaven as a slave. No slaves are welcome in heaven! Only sons.
You know what the biggest difference between a slave and a son? Huge.
Our grandson Caleb slept at our home for the first time last Friday night for his parents attended a wedding. We do not have a crib at home so he slept in the playpen in the family room downstairs. Rosie stayed with him as she slept on the couch beside the playpen. At 2 AM I went down to check on them. I saw my wife peacefully sleeping on the couch. How blessed I am to have such a woman who lives with me and I hope for the rest of my life.
Then my eyes caught Caleb deeply asleep in the playpen. My heart leapt with great pleasure. I stared at him sleeping for a while then I went back to bed satisfied.
How could a child do that to me? I am sure you felt the same way with your grandchildren or your own children.
You see, a slave gains the pleasure of his/her master from what he/she does. But a son is a pleasure to his parents by simply being a son! God is pleased with us because we are His children and we do not have to do anything to give Him pleasure. I can not do anything to add to God's love for me. He loves me for who I am in Christ, His child.
So do not stay a slave . . . . . being a son is much better by far. For some of us who are sons and yet have been living as slaves . . . . . it is too bad that you are not enjoying the privileges of a son. Do yourselves a favour and enjoy the rights and privileges of God's sons. And then for all of us, don't we feel the saddest when our love ones are floundering as slaves in this world? Let's do something about it and not be selfish with what God graciously gave us . . . . . SONSHIP. Share it!
Heaven is our ultimate goal. As a matter of fact, on a personal basis, heaven is the only goal that really matters for me. A man who owns everything amounts to having nothing if his relationship with God isn't there. This relationship is what really matters! We are all after something because we have this craving inside us to be fulfilled but most of us were brought up thinking that practicing religion is the way to get there. We fail to realize that we do not start out as children of God but slaves of this world. In John 1:12, we are told that only those who accepted Christ as his/her Lord and Saviour are given the right to be called children of God and therefore freed from slavery.
I want to go to heaven so badly, I wouldn't mind being allowed in as a slave. Wouldn't you? As long as we can get in. But unfortunately, we can not enter heaven as a slave. No slaves are welcome in heaven! Only sons.
You know what the biggest difference between a slave and a son? Huge.
Our grandson Caleb slept at our home for the first time last Friday night for his parents attended a wedding. We do not have a crib at home so he slept in the playpen in the family room downstairs. Rosie stayed with him as she slept on the couch beside the playpen. At 2 AM I went down to check on them. I saw my wife peacefully sleeping on the couch. How blessed I am to have such a woman who lives with me and I hope for the rest of my life.
Then my eyes caught Caleb deeply asleep in the playpen. My heart leapt with great pleasure. I stared at him sleeping for a while then I went back to bed satisfied.
How could a child do that to me? I am sure you felt the same way with your grandchildren or your own children.
You see, a slave gains the pleasure of his/her master from what he/she does. But a son is a pleasure to his parents by simply being a son! God is pleased with us because we are His children and we do not have to do anything to give Him pleasure. I can not do anything to add to God's love for me. He loves me for who I am in Christ, His child.
So do not stay a slave . . . . . being a son is much better by far. For some of us who are sons and yet have been living as slaves . . . . . it is too bad that you are not enjoying the privileges of a son. Do yourselves a favour and enjoy the rights and privileges of God's sons. And then for all of us, don't we feel the saddest when our love ones are floundering as slaves in this world? Let's do something about it and not be selfish with what God graciously gave us . . . . . SONSHIP. Share it!
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