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2012年06月24日Bro. Wendell Wyatt From Slavery to Sonship/從奴僕到神兒子的身份

From Slavery to Sonship

Exodus 15:22 – 17:7

Introduction:

- Exodus is about deliverance and freedom – both from and into

o Deliverance from bondage

o Freedom to move into promised land

- A foreshadow of salvation

- Exodus portrays Christ as our Passover Lamb

- Today will focus on slave vs. son

1. Slaves, sons, & inheritance

a. Galatians 4: 6-7 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.

2. A son’s worldview

a. English: mind Greek: phronema <– phroneo <- phren (midriff)

b. Used 3 times in Romans: 8:6,7 carnally minded, spiritually minded

c. Romans 8:27 the mind of the Spirit

d. Focuses on the solution instead of the problem

e. Asks questions of faith instead of doubt

3. A son’s relationship to time

a. Lives in the moment, embraces the future

b. Learns by God’s voice command

c. Reserves a Sabbath rest

4. A son’s testimony

a. For a lifetime and beyond

b. Recognizes and passes God’s testing

c. Obeys out of love

d. Speaks what God says, even in the face of opposition

e. Heart has a home (John 14:16-18)

5. A son’s inheritance

a. Wage vs. inheritance

b. Prodigal son

c. Steward the inheritance

d. Transition by the renewing of the mind

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