Section 13
If, like Paul, we would serve God in the gos pel concerning His Son, we must know what son ship is and how it is realized. Thank the Lord that Paul wrote this Epistle to the Romans! This book reveals that we should help others not only to be saved, but also to experience the sonship. This means that we need to help them to see the matter of designation by resurrection, includ ing sanctification, transformation, conformation, and glorification.
THE MANIFESTATION
OF THE SONS OF GOD
The universe is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God (8:19). This manifestation will not come as an accident, but it will come as the consummation of the process of designation, just as a carnation flower blossoms as the consum mation of a long process of growth and change. The more we grow, the more we are designated by resurrection. One day, at the time of our glo rification, we shall fully blossom and manifestly be the sons of God.
Many Christians devote their attention to objective teachings regarding the so-called dis pensations in the Scriptures. According to the Bible, however, the word dispensation does not