"That you may be blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the
care of, those who received His redemption were able to receive the sonship. Originally, they were not sons, but based on the death of the Lord Jesus, they became sons. (2) Since those who have been redeemed have become sons, God sent forth the Spirit of His Son (the Lord Jesus) to enter their spirit in order that they could call God, "Abba, Father" and have an intimate relationship with God. The Holy Spirit here is referred to as "the Spirit of His Son." This Son is God's unique Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, the verse does not say the Spirit of Christ nor the Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, but the Spirit of His Son. This shows that this Spirit is intimately related to all the sons. Through the unique Son, man can become one of God's sons. Because they have the Spirit of the unique Son, the children of God can have the joy and love of calling God their Father. Because of the Spirit of His Son, we now enjoy the intimacy of the fellowship which the Son (the Lord Jesus) has with the Father. As the Lord is, so are we. It is the work of the Holy Spirit that enables us to call God "Abba, Father." Unless there is the moving of the Holy Spirit, to call God Father is to blaspheme Him, and even if we do cry "Abba, Father," there is no feeling of intimacy to it. From this, is it not too superficial to say that all the people in the world are the sons of God? Do these ones realize the significance of the phrase "the sons of God"? One must realize that the characteristic of the sons of Satan is a heart of fear and alienation. Only those who have the Holy Spirit dwelling in their heart and who have the Spirit of sonship are the children of God. The Bible only acknowledges these as the sons of God; to include others would be man's idea and counterfeit.
3. The Nature of the Children of God "That you may be blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world, holding forth the word of life" (Phil. 2:15-16). The only begotten Son of God, the Lord Jesus, is without blemish. Hence, all the children of God should be like Him. Although there is a generation that is crooked and perverted outwardly, we are the children of God without blemish inwardly. Those who are children should be like their fathers; likewise, the children of God must also be the same in nature as their heavenly Father. The crooked and perverted generation does not refer to the children of God. Wherever we see God's nature, we see the children of God. The "children of God" is not only a title, a privilege, or a relationship, but a life from heaven, because "the Father...brought us forth by