When we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs- heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
– Romans 8:15-17
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As children of God, we are also heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ. In other word, all that been given to Christ has been given to us. However, Paul makes it abundantly clear that our inheritance is two-fold – if we suffer with him in order that we might also be glorified with him. To be a part of God’s new creation that is even now breaking into the world, we must be willing to share in his sufferings in order to know him in the power of his resurrection (Philippians 3:10).
We have been given the amazing privilege of knowing God intimately, to cry “Abba! Father!” just as Jesus called to his heavenly Father. With this great privilege comes an awesome responsibility to be ambassadors for Christ, to be willing to represent in our lives both the power of his resurrection as well as the humiliation of his sufferings. This is what it means to be a child of God.
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