Embracing Our Identity as God's Adopted Children

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In the Gospel of John, how many references are made of God the Father being Jesus's Father? Then we want to take a shot at that. How many times specifically referring to God the Father being Jesus's Father? It's over a hundred, over a hundred times. Now, one thing to remember, we've got the whole Canon of scripture right here. [00:00:11]

And one of the clear things throughout John's Gospel that is emphasized is Jesus Christ and his relationship with his Father. And over a hundred times you have this reference to now how many references are made about God the Father being your Father in John's Gospel? How many times when you go through John's Gospel does it refer to him being your Father? [00:01:24]

And so the point in John's Gospel that Christ brings up that God is your Father is after Christ has been raised from the dead and prior to his Ascension, and that's in John 20. And so you could turn to John 20, John chapter 20. And as you're turning there, let me just read some verses from throughout John's Gospel that build up to this. [00:03:33]

And then you have Jesus's relationship to us. John 20:17, but go to my brothers, and we saw us, the disciples, he's calling his brothers. That's Jesus's relationship to us. He's our elder brother. You grew up wanting an older brother to look up to, you have it in Jesus Christ, right? The perfect example. [00:13:41]

And you know, obviously most people in our world, they think everyone is a child of God. They just have this idea we're all children of God. John is very clear, you're either a child of the devil or you're a child of God. That most people in humanity are children of Satan, children of the devil. [00:14:56]

And as I mentioned, adoption, people tend to blend adoption and justification together. That's not a good thing to do. Justification deals with legal reality that we've been reconciled to God and we're declared legally righteous in a courtroom. But our Salvation goes far beyond being legally reconciled to God. [00:31:59]

And you know what Paul says, this is something the Spirit does. That's what he said, the Spirit himself bears witness. This isn't, I'm not saying there's some experience you go and you speak after that experience, you make an idol out of an experience, but children of God, as you walk with your Father, as you seek to obey him, he might indeed pick you up. [00:47:55]

And you know what, Paul says this is something the Spirit does. That's what he said, the Spirit himself bears witness. This isn't, I'm not saying there's some experience you go and you speak after that experience, you make an idol out of an experience, but children of God, as you walk with your Father, as you seek to obey him, he might indeed pick you up. [00:48:55]

And you know what, Paul says this is something the Spirit does. That's what he said, the Spirit himself bears witness. This isn't, I'm not saying there's some experience you go and you speak after that experience, you make an idol out of an experience, but children of God, as you walk with your Father, as you seek to obey him, he might indeed pick you up. [00:49:55]

And you know what, Paul says this is something the Spirit does. That's what he said, the Spirit himself bears witness. This isn't, I'm not saying there's some experience you go and you speak after that experience, you make an idol out of an experience, but children of God, as you walk with your Father, as you seek to obey him, he might indeed pick you up. [00:50:55]

And you know what, Paul says this is something the Spirit does. That's what he said, the Spirit himself bears witness. This isn't, I'm not saying there's some experience you go and you speak after that experience, you make an idol out of an experience, but children of God, as you walk with your Father, as you seek to obey him, he might indeed pick you up. [00:51:55]

And you know what, Paul says this is something the Spirit does. That's what he said, the Spirit himself bears witness. This isn't, I'm not saying there's some experience you go and you speak after that experience, you make an idol out of an experience, but children of God, as you walk with your Father, as you seek to obey him, he might indeed pick you up. [00:52:55]

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