SCRIPTURE: Galatians (NIV) 4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.
OBSERVATION: Why did Jesus come? Why was he born of a woman? Why was he born under the law? He did it to redeem us that we might become in every sense His. We are truly God’s children. His purpose is for each of us to mature spiritually into “sons.”
Jesus stood where we stood to enable us to stand where He stands! He came under the law, to fulfill the law, not for Himself, for He was born without sin, and never committed a sin. He never needed a sacrifice for His sins. But He became the perfect sacrifice for sins of man. .
He made it possible for us to receive the FULL RIGHT of sons. We start as children and begin to grow in understanding the WORD and grow in developing His character. We each have the FULL RIGHT to be mature sons, but our level of maturity will depend on our yielding ourselves to the leading of the indwelling Holy Spirit.
APPLICATION: Today I am God’s child. I am a part of His family. God has brought me into His family and given me the goal to become like His SON Jesus. Of course, for me to ever realize that goal, I will need the continual guidance of the Holy Spirit leading me, just as He led Jesus.
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, may I hear your voice clearly today as you guide me in becoming more like Jesus. Amen.
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