{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"New Hope Church | becomehope","title":"Are You Living as an Adopted Child of God?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1985,"description":"Week 5 of \"Set Free\" Galatians series. Today: Adoption to Sonship.\nTHE CORE TRUTH:\nYou're not just forgiven. You're ADOPTED. You're not a guest in God's family, you're a CHILD. You're an HEIR.\nGalatians 3:27-29: \"All who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ. There's no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. You are all one in Christ Jesus. You are true children of Abraham. You are his heirs.\"\nWHAT JESUS DID:\nJesus lived a perfect life in obedience to the law. He conquered the flesh, defeated sin and death, and took back all authority from spiritual rulers. Then, He offers adoption.\nGalatians 4:4-7: \"God sent His Son to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law so He could adopt us as His very own children.\"\nTHE STORY OF TWO SONS:\nPaul uses Abraham's two sons as archetypes:\nIshmael (born to Hagar, the slave) = What happens when you DON'T trust God. You try to take life into your own hands. Results: broken relationships, suffering, exile.\nIsaac (born to Sarah, the free woman) = What happens when you trust God. You let God work. Results: fulfillment of promise, blessing, inheritance.\nPaul: \"We're children born out of the promise of God, not out of trying to cling to works.\"\nTHE JUDAIZERS PROBLEM:\nSome want to add works (circumcision, laws) back into faith. Paul says: NO.\nIt's either GRACE through faith OR works. Not both. Works don't bring faith. Works don't bring salvation. Salvation is only a free gift through faith in Jesus.\nWHAT YOU'RE SET FREE FROM:\nSlavery to the law\nSlavery to the flesh\nSlavery to spiritual rulers\nWHAT YOU'RE SET FREE TO:\nYou're set free TO be LOVED by God. Better yet, you're set free to be LIKED by God.\nGod doesn't just love you; He LIKES you. He actually wants to be in your life.\nTHE FAMILY BUSINESS:\nOnce you've accepted adoption, you join the family business: bringing others into the family of God.\nJesus' prayer in Gethsemane (John 17:21-23): \"That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QeSOhOM9pdl7ie6YwFiWKrFHSz-rrRbE1NzVv7jCKNA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIwMDk2LzE2MTc4/MDY0ODctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}