Summary: OUR HEAVENLY FATHER GAVE US HIS SPIRIT TO REASSURE US OF OUR PRIVILEGED FAMILY RELATIONSHIP AND GLORIOUS INHERITANCE (SONS AND HEIRS -- THE INDWELLING SPIRIT ASSURES US OF OUR IDENTITY AND INHERITANCE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD) 1.

OUR HEAVENLY FATHER GAVE US HIS SPIRIT TO REASSURE US OF OUR PRIVILEGED FAMILY RELATIONSHIP AND GLORIOUS INHERITANCE

(SONS AND HEIRS -- THE INDWELLING SPIRIT ASSURES US OF OUR IDENTITY AND INHERITANCE IN THE FAMILY OF GOD)

1. (:14-15) We Are Now Adopted As God's Very Own Children

a. God has forgotten our past and accepted us into His family

b. Qualification -- not Universalism, but those led by the Spirit

c. Benefits of this new family relationship

2. (:16) We have Been Given the Holy Spirit Within To Reassure Us Regarding Our Identity and Inheritance

3. (:17) As God's Children We are Guaranteed to Receive a Glorious Inheritance Through Christ