DCLM Higher Everyday 14 June 2024 — Heirs of Grace
Topic: Heirs of Grace
Text: Galatians 4:1-7
1Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Key Verse: “And because ye are sons, God hath sent 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” (Galatians 4:6,7).
Message
When you accept Christ, you are adopted as a genuine heir of God. The act of adoption was a magnificent legal transaction in the days of Paul. Sometimes a wealthy man had no heir and he would select one of his own slaves and adopt him as a son who will enjoy inheritance. No longer a slave, the adopted son had ownership in the father’s estate. Imagine the transformation! A slave becomes an heir!
God’s redemptive plan has always been greater than freeing you from the tyranny of sin. It has always been to make us heirs – to give us an inheritance, a territory, a realm of spiritual influence. You were adopted because you were loved. You were adopted because you have a rich Father in heaven who wants to pour out a spiritual inheritance in your life. God is the Subject, Initiator and Actor. We are the recipients. Beloved, start living your life as one who is spiritually rich, empowered to bless the world. Run the race of life as an heir with confidence, not as an orphan in fear.
Quote: A slave becomes an heir!
Challenge: Be saved and become a joint heir with Christ.
Prayer for today: Lord, make me a part of the heirs of grace.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
