Restoration of Sonship
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re going to look at the moment in Jesus’ story of the prodigal son, where the Father restores his sonship. May the incredible love of the Father displayed in this moment of Jesus’ story give us a glimpse into how our heavenly Father feels about us today.
Our Scripture for today comes from 2 Corinthians 6:18, and today's worship is The Place You Found Me by DCC Collective.
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Thanks so much for listening to today’s podcast on restoration of sonship.
If you feel at all distant from God, like something you’ve done disqualifies you from sitting next to him at the table of his kingdom, I hope and pray that this story equips you to draw close to the Father again.
If that’s you, I want to encourage you to take time, even if you’re unsure of your status, to sit at the feet of the Father. To ask him how he feels about you. To let him speak into whatever it is that makes you feel distant from him. And know that if you create space, he will fill that space with a revelation of his nearness and his love.
And stay tuned for tomorrow where we’ll look at how God restored the identity of the son. I think it’ll really speak to this issue of distance and self-judgement.
May God bless you as you seek him today.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's podcast, we're going to look at the moment in Jesus' story of the prodigal son, |
| 0:10.3 | where the father restores his sonship. |
| 0:13.3 | May the incredible love of the father displayed in this moment of Jesus' story |
| 0:17.8 | give us a glimpse into how our Heavenly Father feels about us today. |
| 0:22.7 | Welcome to the First 15 podcast. |
| 0:26.5 | By the sacrifice of Jesus, you and I have been made sons and daughters of the Most High God. |
| 0:32.8 | We've been redeemed and transformed into children and heirs to the kingdom of God. Romans 515 through 17 says, |
| 0:41.2 | for you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the |
| 0:46.2 | spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry, Abba, Father. The spirit himself bears witness |
| 0:52.5 | with our spirit that we are children of God and of |
| 0:55.4 | children than heirs, heirs of God, and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him |
| 1:01.2 | in order that we may be also glorified with him. In the story of the prodigal son, the father |
| 1:07.2 | clothes his wayward and rebellious son with a robe, a ring, and sandals. |
| 1:12.0 | All three of these symbols represent a restoration of sonship in different ways. |
| 1:17.4 | The son who returned to his father to simply be employed as a slave was immediately restored as a child, an heir. |
| 1:24.6 | The father had no desire to make his son pay for his own sins. He simply wanted |
| 1:29.7 | restored relationship with his child again. Our heavenly father feels the same way about us. At salvation, |
| 1:37.1 | we were restored to right standing in the eyes of God. Second Corinthians 618 says, |
| 1:43.0 | And I will be a father to you. |
| 1:45.3 | And you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty. |
| 1:49.6 | 1.1 says, |
| 1:51.7 | See what kind of love the father has given to us, |
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