17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! 18 Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 19 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.
2 Cor. 5:17-19 (CSB)
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.
Gal. 4:1 (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.
Gal. 4:4-5 (CSB)
4 When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Gal. 4:4 (CSB)
5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
Gal. 4:5 (CSB)
3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him., 5 He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
Eph. 1:3-5 (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. 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.
Gal. 4:6-7 (CSB)
1. We are immersed in Christ.
27 For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ.
Gal. 4:27 (CSB)
2. We are one in Christ.
27 For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ.
Gal. 4:27 (CSB)
28 There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 4:28 (CSB)
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.
Gal. 4:29 (CSB)
3. We have intimacy with Christ.
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. 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.
Gal.4:6-7 (CSB)
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.
Romans 8:15-16 (CSB)