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Children Of God Are Joint Heirs With Christ (Romans 8: 14-18)

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. 
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:14-18)

Christians are adopted as children of God, and therefore heirs of the same kingdom Christ inherited when He ascended in the flesh into heaven. 
This position and standing is given to us, the children of God, by grace.
What Christ did for our sake, we receive as a gift. 
Our adoption is a fact of our unity with Him, yet it rests on us to receive the love of this adoption by continuing in faith, unity with Him, and focusing constantly toward God. 
The experience of this adoption allows us to address God with the intimate term, “Abba” which means papa. 
When St. Paul says “the spirit of bondage” he means when we return back to do things by our own strength and live by the law. 
He compares between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. 
The Jews who did not believe in Christ, fear God as slaves, but under the New Covenant, we, the believers in His name,  are no longer slaves but by adoption are part of God’s family, that is to say,  the church. 
Joint heirs with Christ reveals that everything Christ does by nature, the Father gives us by grace. 
As Christians, we have God’s glory in us, though His glory is not fully revealed. 
We proclaim that Christ has come first in the flesh incarnated and will come again in glory as a ruler and judge.
Amen.

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