185. Adoption of sons
Galatians4:5-7 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
God sent His Son to redeem us so that we might be adopted as sons and daughters of God.As children, the Spirit of Jesus is in our hearts, and we can legitimately call God our Father, even “Daddy.” The promise is that we are adopted as sons. God chose us in Christ to be His children. We have been redeemed from slavery so that I am now a son; if I am a son then I am an heir of God. I will inherit everything that God owns, and God owns everything. But it is the spiritual and eternal things of God that are valuable in my inheritance. Among many blessings, some of the spiritual blessings included are: love, joy peace, goodness, kindness, life, forgiveness, salvation from all things harmful, deliverance from Sin and Evil, the kingdom of God, and such.
The adopted children are included in the inheritance equally as the natural born Son. Everything promised to the Son is guaranteed to us. “Share and share alike.” Every quality and characteristic of a perfect man is ours to inherit; and more, many attributes of God are also shared with us, everything except eternity (no beginning), omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. However, we will have eternity with no ending, more power, more presence and more knowledge. God cannot give us everything that He is, but He can and He will give us everything that He created us to be. It is hard to imagine what Adam could have been, but we get a good glimpse when we learn more and more about Jesus Christ, the perfect man who aligned Himself so perfectly with the will of the Father.
Children and heirs are designed to enjoy life while learning obedience and trust; children will learn how to be dependent and entrust themselves to the Father. The Son of God has earned that kind of life for us as the adopted children of God. Life is good.