THE PRIVILEGE OF SONS BORN AFTER THE SPIRIT

MINISTER: PASTOR W.F. KUMUYI. GALATIANS 4:21-31.

There is an earthly Jerusalem and an heavenly Jerusalem. The person born after the flesh was born once. But the person born after the Spirit was born twice. From the passage, Paul was giving a timeless teaching that whatever we believe, we must rely on “what saith the scripture”. The question and matter of getting to heaven is so important that we can’t leave it to hearsay, how we feel and how we think. We must find out what the Scriptures says about it.

POINT 1: THE ILLUSTRATION FROM THE SCRIPTURE, GALATIANS 4:21-26.

i. Revelation From The Scripture Of Truth, Galatians 4:21-22, 27; Daniel 10:21; Galatians 3:22-24; Luke 24:44-46.

We must understand that the Scripture is the Scripture of truth. And so, any person, prophet, pastor, preacher, teacher, man or woman who teaches anything different from the Scriptures is teaching error.

ii. Record From The Scripture For Teaching, Galatians 4:23-24, 30a; Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Peter 2:6-9.

All of us like the first child of Abraham were born of the flesh. But if we are going to belong to the Kingdom of God, we must also be born of the Spirit. Any hope that is not based solidly on the Scriptures is a rotten hope and a disappointing hope. The Scripture does not give any hope to anyone who has not repented. It is called the holy Scriptures because when it enters into us, it will make us holy. But if our understanding of the Scriptures makes us sinful, we are corrupting the Scriptures. The Scriptures never justifies imperfection, impurity, Iniquity and evil.

iii. Receiving All Of Scripture For Our Transformation, Galatians 4:30; Romans 4:3-5; Romans 11:2-5, 16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13.

As you accept the Scriptures on the sacrifice of Christ, you must also accept the Scriptures on the sincerity of the Christian. There are people who base their lives, character and hope on the works of men. If you were able to read all the books in the world and soak yourself with the works of men, it will be a waste of your time. Because the Holy Bible is the only book that will lead us to heaven.

POINT 2: THE IDENTITY OF TWO TYPES OF SONS, GALATIANS 4:22-23, 26-29.

i. Nominal Sons Born After The Flesh Into Sinfulness, Galatians 4:23, 29; Romans 9:6-8; John 3:6; Galatians 5:19-21.

The one born after the flesh has an innate and inward hatred for the Promise and for the Spirit, and hatred for the character of the Spirit.

ii. New Sons Begotten By Faith After The Spirit, Galatians 4:28-29; 1 Peter 1:3, 23; 1 John 5:1-4, 18; 1 John 3:1-3, 9.

The person who will get to heaven must love God and keep His commandments.

iii. Nourished Sons Bearing The Fruit Of The Spirit, 1 Timothy 4:6, 16; Galatians 5:22-24; Ephesians 5:9-11; Hebrews 12:11-14.

As a preacher, teacher and worker, if you don’t tell sinners what it means to be saved, and you don’t teach a child of God how to be steadfast, you might jeopardise your getting to heaven. Lift up your eyes, you are going to heaven. And the path of heaven is the path of peace. We don’t trade holiness for peace, or trade peace for holiness. If you say because you want to have peace with men and therefore you drop holiness, you have dropped heaven. I WILL NOT DROP HOLINESS.

POINT 3: THE INHERITANCE OF TRUE SAINTS, GALATIANS 4:30-31.

i. The Forfeited Inheritance Of Fleshly Sons, Galatians 4:30; Genesis 21:9-10; Hebrews 12:15-17; Hebrews 2:1-3.

If you are bound by bad habits, unexpected rascal behaviour, being disrespectful, habitual naughtiness; even in life, you will lose the inheritance. And when we come to the Kingdom, if we become sinful, self-centred, canal, disobedient, evil and filthy, we forfeit and lose the inheritance because we have become sinful, self-centred, canal, disobedient, evil and filthy churchgoers. If we go the way of Esau who was canal, fleshly, greedy, sinful and a backslider, we lose the blessings we should have inherited even though we may have worked hard.

If our life, conduct and character does not reflect the grace of God from the heart, like Esau, we will lose the inheritance. That is why after listening to the word of God, if there is anything to correct and do restitution on, we should pray and make the correction and restitution.

ii. The Full Inheritance For Faithful Saints, Acts 20:32; Acts 26:18; Ephesians 1:11-14; Ephesians 5:5-7.

We must leave the camp of the sinful, depraved, defiled and defiant and come into the camp of the sanctified before we can have the inheritance of the sanctified.

iii. The Final Inheritance For Firm Steadfastness, Hebrews 9:15; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Revelation 21:7-8, 27; Hebrews 6:11-12.

All the inheritance of the world is corruptible, they will fade away. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL GET TO HEAVEN!

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