what drew my attention the most is that

Paul was talking about the same concepts

in three different texts in Romans 8 in

Ephesians 1 and in Galatians chapter 4

when I was preparing the sermon first I

chose the text and then I thought no no

no no this other one is good and then

the other one is good and I was

struggling with which one I should

choose and finally I decided to choose

Galatians 4 you can see the same

concepts of how God has redeemed us from

sin how he has adopted us as children

not a slaves how we should not be afraid

how we have a great inheritance and all

these concepts are so important for you

and I to know we find them in these

three scriptures when he talks about

being sons say with me I am a daughter

or a son and I have many rights and you

need to know them because throughout

your life everything you are the way you

think about yourself the way you feel

about yourself the way you think about

God the way you manage yourself and move

and relate to other people the way you

go to work the way you daydream the way

you see life everything is being based

of what you think regarding who God is

and who you are and that's why the

biggest temptations that the devil will

put in front of you are going to be in

these two areas they are the most

important the image you have of God and

the image you have of yourself the worst

enemy is not the devil the worst enemy

is yourself because the devil cannot

force you but he can convince you you

have to know who God is who he is for

you and who you are for God you must

know who you are because of all your

life all your life is going to be

dependent in that image you must live

with your head

do you know that when Arabian horses

when they're born they stand up when

they are born you know that the the

horses stand up right away right people

buy Arabian horses as an investment

because they're worth a lot of money

it's like people who buy art many buy

Arabian horses Arabian horses cost a lot

of money and it seems like when they're

born when those coats

stand up they lift their heads up as if

they know that everybody needs to know

that they are very expensive they have

that in their DNA and that's so

important because when you know that

you're a child of God if you know all

the rights Jesus has already gotten for

you and you live with them your life is

going to be very different your life is

not going to be all poor little me no

your life is going to be how great he is

your life is going to be how great your

dad is and because he is great and he's

inside of you who can be against you he

deserves an applause don't you think and

that's why it's so important according

to your faith you're going to experience

it Jesus always said according to your

faith let it be done the difference

between the person next to you and you

and the level you live in experiencing

God in the riches of the abundant life

this church is called abundant life

because Jesus has come to bring life and

life abundant that level of abundance of

richness between you and the person next

to you is found between your two ears

right here what do we think what you

think is what you will believe and what

you believe is what you're going to

experience so everything is according to

your faith according to your faith let

it be done and that's why it's so

important that we know the word I'm

happy that this weekend is dedicated to

adoption you are an adopted son or

daughter of God I would like to explain

something I know the other speakers and

I are talking about the same thing but

it's so important that you listen

to each message because each message is

a piece of the puzzle that you have to

put together to know who God is and who

you are you are for God and what God is

for you amen everything is based on that

look what it says in Galatians let's

read from chapter 4 verse 4 it says but

when the fullness of the time came God

sent forth his son born of a woman born

under the law he came as a man so that

he may redeem those who were under the

law that we may receive the adoption as

sons because you are sons and God has

sent forth the spirit of his son into

your hearts crying Abba Father therefore

you are no longer a slave but a son and

if a son then an heir through Christ

let's dig a little deeper let's take

this piece by piece because I found like

in Romans 8 is very ample in explaining

this concept and also a fish is one we

see here that Paul placed it all

together so let's hash this out a bit

let's take it a bit by bit it says when

the fullness of the time came Jesus came

in the flesh and have you read in

Hebrews 2 verse 10 through 17 and the

rest of the chapter you will see all the

explanations about the importance of

Jesus coming into the flesh he died for

us to bring many sons to glory the goal

for Jesus coming to earth as a man is

that he could bring many children to

glory because in God's heart you were

there always in God's heart the Bible

says God calls your life your life

that's all of us his inheritance what

God desires the most is that we are his

he desires us to be his people what

motivated God he is complete and

depended he doesn't need anybody God

doesn't need you to worship Him he

doesn't need anything

you praise him because you stand in all

of his kindness and his love it's your

natural response to his greatness his

mercy and His grace in your life but he

doesn't need you to praise him he

doesn't need the Angels to worship Him

that doesn't have any complexes

he's self-sufficient but he wanted to

create someone you to have relationship

with when you see all of his creation

and you might see movies or

documentaries where you see the

greatness of the earth the great variety

that there is so many things

the colors flowers nature countries

cultures all of that all that variety

with everything God made it says that

mankind was placed there as the glory of

his creation he clothed him with honor

and glory everything you see around you

all the beauty you see with your eyes he

made everything so that you would be

happy so that you would be blessed so

that you would have a nice place to live

everything is for you because he doesn't

need anything he doesn't need the ocean

to swim in he doesn't need the Sun to be

warm he doesn't need anything do you

know why he created them it is for you

so that you could enjoy it because even

before he created all things he said he

wanted to create people for himself for

himself because of love for love God did

it for love come to Ephesians 1 verse 4

and 5

where's for the Sweden just as he chose

us in him before the foundation of the

world that we may be holy and blameless

before him in love verse five in love he

predestined us to adoption as sons

through Jesus Christ to himself

according to the kind intention of his

will

even before the foundation of the world

he wanted you he wanted your love and

that's why he created you with a will to

choose for you well God created you with

a free will why because he didn't wants

you to be a robot he wanted you to

choose to be his beloved because love is

voluntary love gives freedom and because

you have that freedom you choose to love

him freely we got things about you he

thinks about all the love he has for you

so much that He gave His only Son for

you so that he could facilitate all your

needs this is where Paul uses the word

Redemption

in Galatians 4 for him to redeem

release in Romans 6 the concept Paul

uses is when all the prisoners they are

kept by a guard and someone comes to buy

them to make them theirs I was in

Memphis and I learned a lot about the

African Americans I learned a lot

because now I understand their culture

more because I could see where there was

so much slavery I saw the huge stones

where they would stand up they would

stand them up for sale and people even

looked at their teeth they would look at

everything as if they were animals but

they were human beings and that's why

there have been so many consequences as

much suffering for African American

people because of the history of slavery

in the United States it's important here

to understand this concept because it

says

that Jesus came to set us free from the

power of sin look what it says in Romans

8:1 it says therefore there is now no

condemnation for those who are in Christ

Jesus say with me no condemnation for

those who walk not according to the

flesh but according to the spirit for

the law of the spirit of life in Christ

Jesus has set you free from the law of

sin and death

for what the law could not do weak as it

was through the flesh God did sending

his own son in the likeness of sinful

flesh and as an our sin he condemned sin

in the flesh Jesus came in the flesh he

became a man to redeem us as a son of

God so that you could be free free from

what the power of sin because you were a

slave of sin John 8:36 says that he who

sins is a slave to sin and Jesus came to

deliver us from the power of sin Jesus

came and paid a price so you could be

free from the power of sin because you

couldn't have done it yourself but Jesus

came so you could be free if you wanted

to be free and choose the love of God

because of sin you were separated from

God and a slave to sin but Jesus came to

redeem to buy to pay a price he didn't

pay with gold or silver but his own

blood why why did he have to suffer all

of that for you for you like it says in

Galatians 4 let's continue to be adopted

as sons adopted because you couldn't be

a son but God wanted you to be one so he

sent his son to be the first of many

sons to be in glory when they had

accepted Jesus as Savior and that's why

you can be a son because you are adopted

now in the world

use this term well in the Greek world

children were adopted only for legal

issues when a man couldn't have any

children what he did was take a son of a

slave and adopted him so that he could

leave him a legacy and family but in the

Jewish mind the concept of adopting a

son was different it was not only to

have a legacy the next generations who

had the name of the family not only for

that and to leave descendants from the

father of the house but there was also

something else an inheritance that

belonged to the son I'm going to talk

about the inheritance tomorrow I'm going

to talk about more about that it's very

important because from the moment that

the son was recognized by the father as

a son even if he was the son of a slave

from the moment the master of the house

received that son and that son who had

been a slave from that moment he was

adopted was treated as a natural son of

the men totally natural with all the

rights the other slaves couldn't say

this is the son of so-and-so no he was

the son of the master of the house and

he was treated as such

honored as such and he was served as

such and the master of the house elected

the Lord has elected you our Heavenly

Father has chosen you to be adopted you

are adopted it doesn't matter what kind

of background you have or where you come

from adoption was not earned by works it

was by grace because of the kindness of

the master of the house because he

wanted him to be his son how many of you

have seen the movie The Prince of Persia

the movie have you seen it yes what

happened to the little boy dastan

the boy in the little movie that's what

it was all about the boy who was on the

streets he was a nobody he was received

by the king and then treated at his son

and at the end he inherits the kingdom

remember Moses how many know Moses Moses

was a son of slave right and what

happened with him when he was received

in Pharaoh's home and was treated as his

son with all the teachings with all the

servants with everything while the

people of Israel were living in slavery

he lived as the son of Pharaoh in the

palace so what does this tell us in the

streets there are a lot of unsaved

people and they live under that slavery

and they live serving sin but when

you're a child of God you are welcomed

in his home when you're a slave the

measure of who you are depends on your

works the relationship between the

master of the house and the slave is

only based on works that person is not

free to go and to talk to the master he

cannot go and have intimacy with

confidence to go to the master of the

house because the slave is to work in

period you are there and I'm here but we

have not been called to be slaves

you