ADOPTION
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“We who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we ourselves also
groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, the
redemption of the body.”
Yes, the whole creation which has, for this hope subjected
to futility also groans and waits for the manifestation of the
sons of God.
We are subjected to the vanity or futility that we encounter in
nature, the death and destruction,darkness and depravity present
in this age. However the Holy Spirit heralds the Future in God,
with God through Christ Jesus our Lord.
We are pioneers of hope as we wait for our adoption, that is the
redemption of our body.
We understand that we are redeemed by our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ and sealed with the Holy Spirit. We are now the
children of God. It does not yet appear what we shall be, but
when He appears we shall see Him as He is, for we shall be like
Him. Through the Holy Spirit, we experience the love of God
which is shed abroad in our hearts and we cry, Abba, Father!
We have witnessed the New Reality in Christ Jesus.
Unseen, yet very real!
We are saved. Based on this salvation we proceed to know
and anticipate. The physical, emotional, social, economic
aspects of our lives are lived under this knowledge and
anticipation.
We are made partakers of the divine nature by Christ Jesus
our Lord and Savior through the Holy Spirit according to
the will of the Father. Now, this moment and every minute
of this fleeting temporal life we are under the hope and
anticipation of the divine Now, the eternity that is His.
“For by hope we are saved: but hope that is seen is not
hope: for what a man sees why does he yet wait? But if
we hope for the unseen, then we wait with patience.”
Waiting with hope and patiently possible only with God.
God’s thoughts of eternity, new creation, freedom, wholeness
and holiness are only accessible through His Holy Spirit.
We are as Paul, determined to know only and focus on Jesus
and Him crucified and the Holy Spirit that raised Him from
the dead. The Spirit bears witness that we are children of God.
Through the Holy Spirit we experience the love of God poured
into our hearts and we express our hope, praise, thanks, love
and longing as we cry, Abba, Father!
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!