After the bum had smoked quite a while, he offered my friend a smoke, who graciously thanked him and said he did not use tobacco; and he continued resting. May I make just a few passing remarks as we glance at the rest of it? Unfortunately, most churches have failed miserably to do [], [] time, see Joshua Media Ministries International for all teachings on glory manifestations and sonship and to find out how this is relevant and possible today and yes, this has been done in our [], [] purpose in life (not just our calling). But you are not a son when you are born into this world, neither are you a son when you are old enough to vote. He smoked and puffed and kept watch of my friend, who had been a smoker in other days; but God had saved him from it, as He does all of His children. God made him fully mature so he could work directly with Him from day one. "Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth." SONSHIP SPIRIT PHILLIPIANS 3:8-9 Are you a born son in the house of God or an adopted son? In order for one to be able to say, "Our Father," he must have experienced that radical, instantaneous new birth which Jesus pointed out to Nicodemus in the third chapter of John's Gospel. He further stated that the Lord's prayer is in the seventeenth chapter of John, where Jesus poured out his soul in that inimitable, incomparable, intercessory prayer for the sanctification of His people. Just as a natural born child is expected to learn how to walk, eat, tie their shoes and progress in various levels of schooling, we are also expected to learn and become mature as believers. That man who had been my enemy at once became one of my best friends. A great blog, really insightful. To reach my destination I had to pass by this man's house. His plan even before creation was to have a family. Here his burden was, "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. This request was made by a disciple after he had heard, and perhaps had seen, Jesus in prayer. I thought, Harry does not know me, for I have never been in his place of business except once or twice. He further stated that the Lord's prayer is in the seventeenth chapter of John, where Jesus poured out his soul in that inimitable, incomparable, intercessory prayer for the sanctification of His people. The first stage is, The Spiritually Dead, someone who is not yet a follower of Christ. teach us to pray." What Im about to say next should be common sense except that because of our church-realm programming, the vast majority of us have completely overlooked and missed this. Adam was not created to be a prophet or preacher or apostle. When I was yet a half mile down the road, the Holy Spirit said, "What about that trouble you had with Mr. IV. True sons have a hunger and a passion that they act on. But you are not a son when you are born into this world, neither are you a son when you are old enough to vote. Good fathers invest quality time with their children, and they are warm, affectionate, dependable, supportive and encouraging. If a person never makes any progress in the natural, something is wrong so it is also in the spiritual. So it is with a son of God in the house of the Lord; he does not feel that be is a stranger. I was under no strain. As we see in Galatians 4:1-7, the child becomes a son, showing that sonship has to do with a special status or relationship in the family. The five stages are, 1) The Spiritually Dead, 2) The Spiritual Infant, 3) The Spiritual Child, 4) The Spiritual Young Adult, 5) The Spiritual Parent. Somebody will pick you out as a member of the Lord's family; they will see on you, and about you, family resemblances. When I was a young man at home, my father's successes were my joy and his reverses were my sorrow, for I was vitally interested in everything in which my father was interested. There is a great deal of preaching (and rightfully so) on the love of a mother being likened to the love of Jesus; but there is very little preaching on the relation of a son to a father. Nine of Satan's Strategies Revealed by Scripture 1. 'The Characteristics of Paul's Adoptive Sonship (Huiothesia) Motif,' Irish Biblical Studies 17 (1995): 62-74.