The gospel of God is focused on the Son of God and on God’s desire to have many sons – it is the gospel of sonship. Everything that God does is for this purpose – to have many sons who express Him corporately. Paul served God in the gospel of His Son (Rom. 1:9), and the gospel of God is concerning His Son in His humanity and divinity (Rom. 1:1-4). Sonship includes everything: designation to be sons, resurrection, justification, sanctification, transformation, conformation, glorification, and manifestation! This is Paul’s gospel, a gospel of sonship (Rom. 8:14, 29; Gal. 3:26; 4:7)!
the focus of the gospel is sonship
It is so easy to have a natural understanding of the Word of God and think that the book of Romans, the gospel of God, speaks about God’s condemnation, man being justified, our sanctification, and even our glorification – since these matters are thoroughly dealt with and expounded. But the focus of the gospel is the matter of sonship, for which we need transformation, conformation… continue reading via,
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