Restoration of Sonship
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 28 August 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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In today’s First15, 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.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's verse 15, we're going to look at the moment in Jesus' story of the prodigal |
| 0:09.9 | son where the father restores his sonship. |
| 0:14.2 | May the incredible love of the Father displayed in this moment of Jesus' story give us |
| 0:19.7 | a glimpse into how our Heavenly Father feels about us today. Welcome to Corinthians 6 verse 18. |
| 0:56.0 | Scripture says, |
| 0:57.0 | And I will be a father to you, |
| 1:00.0 | and you shall be sons and daughters to me, |
| 1:03.0 | says the Lord Almighty. |
| 1:07.0 | By the sacrifice of Jesus, |
| 1:10.0 | you and I have been made sons and daughters of the Most High God. |
| 1:13.6 | We've been redeemed and transformed into children and heirs to the kingdom of God. |
| 1:20.6 | Romans 8 verses 15 through 17 says, |
| 1:24.6 | For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received |
| 1:31.0 | the spirit of adoption as sons by whom we cry, Abba, Father. The spirit himself bears witness |
| 1:39.7 | with our spirit that we are children of God. And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, |
| 1:50.3 | provided we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him. |
| 1:59.1 | In the story of the prodigal son, the father clothes his wayward and rebellious son with a robe, a ring, and sandals. |
| 2:08.3 | All three of these symbols represent a restoration of sonship in different ways. |
| 2:14.8 | The son, who returned to his father to simply be employed as a slave |
| 2:20.3 | was immediately restored as a child, an heir. |
| 2:24.3 | The father had no desire to make his son pay for his own sins. |
| 2:30.3 | He simply wanted restored relationship with his child again. |
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