OUR FATHER WHO  SENT FORTH THE  SPIRIT OF HIS SON

The Apostle Paul, in Galatians chapter 4 verses 1 - 7, addresses the question of the period of latency where those who were destined to be in family of God remained in bondage under the elemental spiritual forces of the world until the auspicious time arrived and the Son of God entered into the world born under the law to redeem those who were under the law so that the children of God, who were indistinguishable from slaves, might be adopted as bona fide sons.

1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 

And these newly-minted sons, upon recieving the seal of the Spirit, could now legitimately cry out to God as they Dad and Father and as a son, an heir of God through Christ.

Amen

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