Welcome back! Apologies for the long break publishing this next part of this blogpost series. This is part 5 and I am excited to be back on it.

Essentially we’ve seen that the mind of Christ is a mind of great reverence for the Father, it’s a humble and selfless mind and it is a mind conscious of the God-status as well as its attendant privileges and advantages.

Today we continue our study looking at the privileges of being a son of God.

1 John 3:1 tells us it’s a great privilege to be called sons of God, an identity that positions us for the Father’s love. And when we have the Father’s love, we have everything.

“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!…”

All the privileges we see below are offshoots of His love…

1. We have the god-status.

“I said, “You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.” Psalm 82:6

We have the god-status to do works of miracles and power. We express the God-status by doing the Works of The Father. We have power, authority, dominion, we can create things, we can move mountains, we can bind and unbind stuffs, etc, all so that we EXPRESS the power of God by doing His Works (John 14:10, 34-38, John 14:12).

2. We have access to the Father at all times.

“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba Father’ Romans 8:15 NKJV

It is not a Master/slave relationship where the slave walks subdued in the presence of the Master.

Naa, we walk in boldly expecting to see the Father’s hands outstretched towards us in love.

There’s an endearment in knowing God as Father. Walls and barriers of fear and uncertainty are broken. We operate in liberty and freedom.

3. We have an inheritance

“”..and if children of God, then heirs-heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together” Romans 8:17

An heir is a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person’s death. An heir is an inheritor, a person who inherits and continues the work of a predecessor.

We are joint heirs with Christ to;

a. Continue the work of the kingdom

b. Enjoy the benefits of the Father’s Will. And God’s Will is His Word. And His Will is that we prosper, be in health, even as our soul prospers (3 John 1:2); speaking of material prosperity, wholeness in health and emotional stability.

4. We have the privilege of being provided for by the Father;

“If you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him” Matthew 7:11.

So all we really need do is ask (and to ask according to His will) and we have good things.

The question that always comes to mind whenever I read Matthew 7:11 is; who defines the ‘good things‘, me or the Father? 🙂

Because many times as Christians we draw up our own list of ‘good things’ without ‘touching base‘ with the Father. I believe it’s much easier for our good things to materialize when they’re in sync with the Father (selah).

Healing is a good thing. Abundance is a good thing. Children are good things. A godly marriage is a good thing. A good paying job is a good thing. A heart at peace is a good thing.

It is the Father’s pleasure to daily satisfy our mouth with good things (Psalm 103:5).

5. We have the assurance of His presence at all times

“At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you” John 14:20 NKJV.

There is nothing more assuring of security for me, than John 14:20.

In fact the way I interpret that scripture is; I am safely kept in the Father through Christ. It is a multi-level protective wall…in Christ, in the Father and Christ in Me.

Again, John 14:20 tells me that all things are possible, because I am not an ordinary being. I am a 3-part squad, my team wins always and in all things. Amen!

6. We are led by the Spirit of God

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” Romans 8:14 NKJV

I am led by the Spirit of God, I have wisdom and direction. I have the spirit of understanding, power, might, counsel, knowledge and I operate in the fear of the Lord. I know what the mind of God is concerning a thing by His Spirit. I am not tossed to and fro. I have discernment. I hear my Father’s voice and I know it’s Him.

7. We have the privilege of profiting from His Word

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” 2 Timothy 3:16 NKJV

Because the Word of God is profitable. The Word is Sound. The Word is Light, it illuminates. The Word is Life.

To find life is to know wisdom. And the fear of The Lord is the beginning of wisdom because a deep reverence for The Lord keeps one on the track of His Word, with a yearning to do only what the Father would approve. That is wisdom; knowing the right thing and doing it.

For every Christian the right thing is the Truth and the Truth is the Word.

Oh! what awesome privileges I have as a son of God. My whole life completely catered for. Nothing omitted.

Thank You Faithful Father.

You indeed work everything together for my good. Amen!