God Calls Us Sons of God part two

Concept: The law and its external observations are training for spiritual children, but now by God’s grace through Jesus we are no longer considered servants but sons.

Gal 4:1-7 NOW WHAT I mean is that as long as the inheritor (heir) is a child and under age, he does not differ from a slave, although he is the master of all the estate; 2 But he is under guardians and administrators or trustees until the date fixed by his father. 3 So we [Jewish Christians] also, when we were minors, were kept like slaves under [the rules of the Hebrew ritual and subject to] the elementary teachings of a system of external observations and regulations. 4 But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to [the regulations of] the Law, 5 To purchase the freedom of (to ransom, to redeem, to atone for) those who were subject to the Law, that we might be adopted and have sonship conferred upon us [and be recognized as God's sons]. 6 And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the [Holy] Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba (Father)! Father! 7 Therefore, you are no longer a slave (bond servant) but a son; and if a son, then [it follows that you are] an heir by the aid of God, through Christ. AMP

When we move from external obedience into relationship with God through His Son Jesus we advance beyond mere obedience and servant status into a walk with God were he considers us family and entrust His plans to us to be joint partakers in His promises and co-labors with Him in the advancement and nurturing of His Kingdom.