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sonship. The life of God works in three stages to make us sons of God. The life of God regen erates us in our spirit, transforms us in our soul, and transfigures our body. These together give us full sonship. As the result of these three steps the sons are fully matured.

In this portion of Romans we are told that the Spirit witnesses with our spirit that we are the children of God (v. 16). In verse 16 it does not say sons or heirs, for in the first stage of sonship we are simply little children who have been re generated by the life of God. Then verse 14 says that "as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God." In verse 14 we are no longer babes or children, but sons. When we are capable of being led by the Spirit, it means that we have attained a certain growth in life. This means that we are in the second stage, the stage of transformation. Ultimately, we will be come heirs. According to ancient law, heirs had to be of age and declared the legal heirs that they might claim the inheritance. In this portion of Romans we have children by regeneration, sons by transformation, and heirs by transfigu ration or glorification. We were born the chil dren of God, we are growing up as the sons of God, and we are waiting for the time when we

will be fully matured and legally declared to be the rightful heirs of God. The procedure which makes us legal heirs is the transfiguration of our body, that is, the redemption of our body, the full redemption (v. 23). The transfiguration of our body will qualify us to be the heirs of the divine inheritance. This transfiguration will be accomplished by glorification. How marvelous that we are the sons of God enjoying the bless ings of sonship!

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