Category: Sonship

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession… (1 Peter 2:9a) You belong to the God who called you. When God called you, he did not negotiate with the powers of darkness to secure your release. Nor did he engage in some kind of prisoner…… Continue reading Who do you think you are?

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15) When we think of adoption, we think of small children in orphanages, but in Roman times powerful men adopted young men to make…… Continue reading What should I call God?