Adoption - Galatians 4:1-7; Ephesians 1:3-7, Ephesians 2:11-19 One of the radical blessings Yahweh offers lost humanity is an opportunity to become members of His holy and divine family. This reality is offered through a legal process and covenant relationship called adoption for all who accept the free gift of salvation in the Blood of Yahshua, Jesus the Messiah. It is important that you understand this glorious truth so that your faith can stand on the secure word of Yahweh rather than the fables of men, religious dogmas of denominations or the massive twisting of truth which Satan has caused to invade the camp of saints! For those in leadership, one of the most important truths you can ever communicate to saints is that they are adopted legally into the Family of Yahweh and are His! They are adopted to be accepted in the beloved! Ephesians 1:4-6 4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. By adoption, a spiritual transplant is offered to whoever will receive the gracious invitation of Yahweh. From being part of the dominion of Satan and kingdom of darkness a penitent sinner who puts faith in the blood that was shed is conveyed into the Family of Yahweh and His Kingdom. Colossians 1:13 13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: Because of the redemption price which was fully paid by the blood that Yahshua, Jesus shed, the saint is now adopted into the family of Yahweh with full rights and privileges as a son indeed who has a personal relationship with a personal Father who is Creator of the whole universe! Adoption is the core basis on which Kingdom life differs from religion and religious devotions. Religion requires you to worship an unknown god even in fear and trepidation of what he or she will do if you do not meet a long list of expectations and rules. On the other hand, Yahweh Who we have to deal with has revealed Himself in Yahshua, Jesus as One who is truly a real person. In the old Covenant, Yahweh revealed Himself to Israel from afar. Only Moses knew Him intimately while the populace was content to worship from afar! Hebrews 1:1-3 Hebrews 1 1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high: In the New Covenant, Yahweh firstly revealed Himself in Yahshua, Jesus. Secondly, through the relationship between Father and Son, Yahweh reveals how intimately He wants to relate with His own children who are on earth! In effect, Yahweh wants the relationship with members of His family to be as modelled by the intense fellowship between Him and Yahshua, Jesus when He was in the Body. This is why we must not forget that Yahshua, Jesus after completing the work of redemption announced the shift in stature of the disciples from friends to fellow sons of Yahweh who would continue His assignment in the earth realm! John 20:17 (KJV)17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Contrary to the religious and secular narrative, Yahshua, Jesus did not come to found a religious system - even Christian Religion! He came for a more profound purpose: to bring many sons to that same glorious relationship with His Father through the principle of adoption: Hebrews 2:10-13 10For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. 13And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. Adoption is a legal covenant. Someone who is adopted into a family is entitled to all the rights and privileges which the new standing and relationship with the adopters. So is it with all of us who have been brought into the Divine Family of Yahweh. We have all that Yahweh offers. Just as justification wiped out your past, adoption gives you access to the present and future! It for this very reason that Yahweh sent His Holy Spirit - the very same which was endued without measure in Yahshua during the baptism of John - into all saints first to seal them and to empower them to live as He lived in the perfect will of the Father in all things and minister or serve in power! Romans 8:14-17 14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Through adoption, we become heirs of Yahweh and joint heirs with Yahshua. This glorious privilege is not to be tossed away by ignorance. Each saint is under obligation to resist every attempt of Satan or humans to suggest that you are on your own in this life and that Elohim is a distant reality! This error is the root of both theStranger; Unwilling Slave; Orphan and perpetual Babyhood syndromes that have made the majority of believers wallow in the shallow and infested waters of organized Christian religion! It is responsible for the tendencies to run after anointed men and women rather than a Father Who Owns all, gives all and loves all saints without partiality! Refuse error and press into the fullness of your identity in Yahshua, Jesus so that you will live like the victor you are and not a victim of circumstances! When we were babes, we did not fully understand our identity as adopted sons of Yahweh. Now that we are mature in Yahshua by His Grace, let us cast off the orphan or slavish mentality which kept us away from intimate relationship with our Father in Heaven. Galatians 4:1-7 1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; 2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. 3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: 4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Those adopted into the family of Yahweh are not judged by their race, colour, gender, socio-economic status or geographical location. The only thing which defines them is who they are in Him and Who Yahshua is in them. Galatians 3:26-29 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.29 And if ye be Christs, then are ye Abrahams seed, and heirs according to the promise. Therefore a person who has been adopted is to be known to no one by natural qualities. No one is permitted to know us after the flesh but by the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. The adopted sons that the world is waiting for are to be carriers of the presence of Yahweh and dispensers of His power received by the Holy Spirit at work within them. They are to take the Church from the building to the community to demonstrate, by the power of the Holy Spirit, the fact that Yahshua, Jesus is alive and reigning. As they stand anywhere and everywhere as His witnesses, sceptics, agnostics and even principalities and powers in heavenly places cannot but stand in awe at what they see: Ephesians 3:10. 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to Romans 8:19 a day is coming when the whole creation will see the full manifestation of the sons of Elohim. Adopted sons will presage that realm of life. Recap of key concepts We can see therefore that adoption is the reality of our acceptance as legal members of the family of Yahweh. The former sinner is translated from the realm of darkness or dominion of Satan and rather conveyed into the Kingdom of Yahweh. By adopting us into His family, Yahweh establishes these principles: The new life in Yahshua is one based on relationship, not religion and religiosity John 4: 23,24 Since we are now members of His Family, our relationship with Him is defined by His nature engrafted into us - we have His DNA and are His off springs. The Father/Son relationship with Yahshua, Jesus is now extended to us. Hebrews 2:10-18; Acts 17:28, 29. The Adoption Conundrum: from Babe, through Servant, Friend and Son! On adoption, we are babes in Yahshua. We must not remain there because greater things were purchased for us by the Blood that Yahshua, Jesus shed. As we desire the sincere milk of the Word, we grow in grace 1 Peter 2: 1-2. The tendency is to grow to be servants, ready to work for Yahweh. Unfortunately, there may be danger of operating with a servile mentality which beclouds our ability to develop into the fullness of our adoption. Passion for more of our heavenly Father especially His Presence in the Word and in prayer will lead us to a life of willing obedience with a heart eager to please Him. This leads saints to transit to a more intimate relationship with Yahshua, Jesus to the degree that He regards us as friends John 15:14-15. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Good as this state of intimate relationship with Yahshua is, there is an ultimate state for which we were adopted into the family of Yahweh. That is the State of Son ship. This comes about when we come into full understanding that He who died to save us also poured out His Blood to secure for the Father many more sons - just like He was - in the earth realm. This was what Adam was - a son of Yahweh before he fell. Yahshua recovered that lost mantle for us. This is why when Mary Magdalene tried to embrace the risen Yahshua, He announced to her in clear language that the status of the redeemed before Yahweh had been perfected by His shed blood: they were now sons! John 20: 17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. This is the state in which saints recognize who they are in Yahshua and who Yahshua is in them. It is a state of taking responsibility for execution of the will of the Father on Planet earth generally and the particular sphere of influence assigned to the saint. Son ship is the ultimate purpose of adoption and no one in the Kingdom should be satisfied until they begin to think, speak, pray and live like sons who executes the ordinance or will of the Father in all situations just as Yahshua, Jesus did. At this stage of their walk with Yahweh, the primary motivation in life is to do the will of the Father and to finish it, the costs notwithstanding. Hebrews 2:10 - 11,17; John 20: 15-17; Romans 8:14-17; Galatians 3:26-29. Let us be reminded again that Yahshua, Jesus did not come to set up a religious organization! He rather came to redeem those who are willing to accept the offer of the Father and be adopted into His royal family. 4. Adoption into the family of Yahweh makes us co-heirs with Yahshua, Jesus. Romans 8: 14-17. There are two dimensions of this status. - In the now, we are His ambassadors who with single minded pursuit of the Kingdom, make it a priority to represent Him well as well as become instruments of reconciling the lost. Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 6:25-34; 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21. As His ambassadors, we exercise the authority in the Name of Yahshua, Jesus as His brethren so that ALL that He would have done is accomplished by faith in His Name. As we live like this, seeking first the Kingdom and His righteousness, all that we need to fulfil destiny are released to us from heaven which is drawn down by Faith. As heirs, saints have no limitation to how far they can soar in the earth realm. Success in achieving destiny is therefore an inheritance they do not have to run from pillar to post to achieve. It is their inheritance in Yahshua, Jesus! Ephesians 1:3; 2 Peter 1:3; Matthew 7:7-9; Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18; John 14:12; John 15:7; John 16:23,24. - The eternal dimension of co-heir ship is that we will rule and reign with Yahshua, Jesus when He returns to establish the full phase of the Kingdom. Yahshua, Jesus will be enthroned in Jerusalem while all faithful sons will be assigned as kings over various cities and nations world-wide to instruct people in the ways of the King and the approved culture of His Kingdom. We are adopted into a Kingdom of Priests and Kings! Revelations 1: 5,6; Revelations 5:9,10; Revelation 20:1-6
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