John tells us in 1 John 3, “Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:” He has called us sons, and if we are sons, Paul tells us in Romans 8, we are “heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified with Him.” Now I love this sonship concept, this idea of being a joint-heir with Christ. It sounds powerful and the ramifications truly are life altering, even nation altering. But there’s a price…

Hebrews 12 tells us “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of Him: For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives. If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons;” Want to know what it really means to walk as a son in this world? Submit yourself to God as your father. Learn the meaning of obedience. Without obedience to the Father we are wayward children, “walking according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: and are by nature the children of wrath, even as others.” (Eph 2)

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