Son or Slave?

By Bruno Zimmerli

It's about time for christians to discover the privileges of sonship. In Christ Jesus we became the sons and daughters of almighty God. But many christians, still live in the mentality of slaves and beggars. Only if our mind and emotions are renewed, we can speak and take action to bring forth the reality of a life as sons to recreate our environement. God's Glory will be revealed in his sons only

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bruno Zimmerli
• Release date: Dec 13, 2010
• ISBN: 9783941596078

Bruno Zimmerli

Bruno Zimmerli leitet zusammen mit seiner Frau Claudia die Freie Christengemeinde Hanau und das apostolische Team des ID-NET. Sein Herz schlägt dafür, dass die christliche Gemeinde ihre gottgegebene Herrlichkeit erkennt und zu einer siegreichen und weltverändernden Kraft in unserer Zeit wird.Gott hat ihm eine besondere Gabe gegeben, die Wahrheiten des Wortes Gottes auf eindrückliche Weise zu lehren und zu verkündigen.Seine Leidenschaft ist es, zu sehen wie Christen religiöse Festungen und Denkstrukturen ablegen und durch die Wahrheit des Evangeliums freigesetzt werden so zu leben, wie Gott es für sie vorgesehen hat.

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Son or Slave?

Bruno Zimmerli

Published by ID-DESIGN Media at Smashwords

ISBN 978-3-941596-07-8

Copyright 2010 by

ID-DESIGN Media

Fichtelgebirgsstr. 49

63454 Hanau

Germany

www.id-de-sign.de

Table of Contents

Introduction

Who are you?

The revealing of the sons of God

The mentality of sons

1 – The son is co- owner of all his father's properties

2 – The son has got the father's nature

3 – The son lives in his father's house

4 – The son gets taught by the father to manage his inheritance

5 – The son has a heart relationship to the father

6 – The son is incredibly precious and not replaceable

Introduction

Christians often call themselves – besides a lot of other names – the children of God. Indeed the evangelist John wrote in his first chapter: „Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God". Sadly it's often true that even God's own children don't understand what being a son or a daughter really means. One of our enemy's strategies is to create a certain attitude in us, a way of thinking which leads to an a mentality not of sons but of slaves. So many christians do not enjoy their everyday lives as God's sons although that's what they really are. They have a different view on themselves.

Sons and daughters have a lot of privileges. The lifestyle of sons and daughters is radically different than the lifestyle of slaves. These two extremes are compared by the apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans:

„Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children". (Rom8,14-16)

Who are you?

Sonship or Slavery. What a difference. What would we choose if we could? Of course we'd choose a son's life. We already confirmed that we are sons by the miracle of spiritual birth through Jesus. But still many christians live a live of slaves.

Continuing this book I will mostly use the term „sons" exclusively. But I consider it obvious that the daughters of God are fully included in that message and term, too. I only do it for simplification.

A question of identity

Even though we don't find the word „identity" in the bible, it's a core message of the gospel. God has given a new identity to us through the work of Christ. The bible tells us that we became truly recreated:

„Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2Cor5,17)

We can read throughout the old and new testament that God installs new names upon people. At a certain point in their lives they have an encounter with God – and on that occasion God gives them a new name. A new name means a new identity. Even Jesus told his disciples that he doesn't call them servants any more but his friends. We are no longer slaves! God gives to us a new name, a new identity.

This and nothing less is God's view when he's looking