The Greatness of Our Salvation

THE GREATNESS OF OUR SALVATION

Adopted by the Father, Redeemed by the Son, Confirmed by the Spirit

Zoom Meeting to South Asia – July 3, 2026
Final Session about the Greatness of Our Salvation

Amen, amen. Thank you for joining today. I would like to ask first: is anyone participating with us for the first time? Is anyone visiting this meeting for the first time?

I want to welcome the ladies, the men, the pastors, and every believer joining us today. We are thankful for this opportunity to open the Word of God together.

Today we continue, and also finish, our study on the greatness of our salvation. In this final session, I would like us to think carefully about our new relationship with God the heavenly Father through Jesus Christ our Savior.

Please turn in your Bibles to Galatians chapter 4. We will begin by reading Galatians 4:3-7.

Opening Prayer

Heavenly Father, we come to You rejoicing in our great salvation. Help us to remember where You found us: lost in sin. Help us never to forget what it cost You to set us free, to save us, and to give us the gift of eternal life.

We ask that this opportunity and privilege to know Your Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus Christ, would establish us, confirm us, convict us, and encourage us. We thank You, Lord, for showing us Your heart and for extending to us Your mercy and grace. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Introduction: Salvation Brings Us into a New Relationship

In this part of the New Testament, Galatians is teaching us how we become adopted into the family of God by believing in Jesus Christ as our own Savior.

Salvation is not only forgiveness. Salvation is not only rescue from punishment. Salvation is not only deliverance from sin. All of those are true, but salvation also brings us into a new family relationship with God Himself.

Because of Christ, God is no longer distant from the believer. He is our heavenly Father. We do not approach Him as strangers. We do not come hoping He might listen. Through Christ, we come as children who have been welcomed, redeemed, adopted, and given the Holy Spirit.

I. The Son Came at the Fullness of Time

Galatians 4:4 says that God sent forth His Son “in the fullness of time.” This means God sent Jesus Christ into the world at the exact moment He knew was right.

For you and me, that was more than 2,000 years ago. But for God, it was not late, and it was not early. It was His appointed time. God has always been calling His creation to return to Him, and when the time was full, He sent His own Son.

Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, and took upon Himself our human flesh. He truly became man, yet He remained truly God.

Jesus said to His disciples that if they wanted to know what God is like, they must look at Him. To see the Son is to see the Father revealed. Jesus Christ came not only to speak about God, but to reveal God to us.

This is part of the greatness of our salvation: God did not merely send an angel. He did not merely send another prophet. He sent His own eternal Son.

II. The Son Came to Redeem Us

Galatians 4:5 says that Jesus Christ came “to redeem those who were under the law.” The word redeem is a very special word in our understanding of salvation and the Christian life.

To redeem means that someone pays the price to set someone else free. It speaks of paying the debt, breaking the bondage, and releasing the captive.

Before Christ, we were under the curse of the law. That means we had broken God’s law. We were sinners. We had fallen short of God’s glory. We were guilty before God and unable to free ourselves.

We were slaves to our own sin. We were under the dominion of Satan, the father of lies. We did not have the payment necessary to set ourselves free.

But the good news is this: there is One who was qualified. There is One who had the correct payment. There is One who could set us free. That One is our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ paid the price by giving Himself. He took our guilt upon Himself. He died in our place. He rose again in victory. Through Him, we are redeemed from bondage and brought into the liberty of salvation.

This is not a small salvation. This is not a light thing. The eternal Son of God gave Himself to rescue us.

III. The Father Adopted Us into His Family

Galatians 4:5 continues by saying that Christ redeemed us “that we might receive the adoption as sons.” God did not only rescue us from slavery. He brought us into His family.

This is why John 1:12 is so important Please turn to John chapter 1 and read verse 12.

This verse tells us both the authority and the means of our adoption. Jesus Christ has the authority to make us children of God. But the verse also tells us how this happens: “as many as received Him,” that is, those who believe in His name.

To receive Jesus means to believe in Him as your personal Savior. It means turning from sin and trusting in Christ. It means receiving, by faith, the free gift of salvation that God offers through His Son.

Other Scriptures explain the same truth by saying that we are saved by grace through faith. These are not different salvations. These are different ways the Bible helps us understand the same glorious work of God.

By grace through faith, we receive Christ. By believing in His name, we are made children of God. Jesus Christ has the authority and the power to bring us into the family of God.

This is the greatness of our salvation: we were not only forgiven criminals; we were made beloved children. We were not only freed slaves; we were adopted as sons and daughters of God.

IV. The Spirit Confirms Our New Relationship

Now return to Galatians chapter 4 and read verse 6.

Because we have become sons of God by grace through faith, God confirms this new spiritual relationship. God our Father sends the Spirit of His Son into our hearts.

The Spirit cries, “Abba, Father.” This phrase helps us understand the closeness, access, and family relationship we now have with God.

“Abba” is the word a child would use for father. It speaks of personal relationship, closeness, and belonging. The word “Father” repeats and explains the same truth. Together, the phrase helps us feel the weight and tenderness of this new relationship.

The believer now knows the Creator not as a distant power, but as Father. He is not only the God above us; He is the Father who has brought us near through His Son.

This does not make God less holy. It does not make Him common. It does not make Him small. It makes His grace more wonderful. The holy God has brought redeemed sinners into His own family.

The Holy Spirit helps us realize this special relationship. He confirms in the heart of the believer: You belong to God. You are not outside. You are not a stranger. You have been redeemed, adopted, and welcomed.

V. We Are No Longer Slaves, but Sons and Heirs

Galatians 4:7 says that we are no longer slaves, but sons. And if we are sons, then we are also heirs through God.

This means we have an inheritance. Part of that inheritance is knowing God and Christ for all eternity. It is an inheritance that comes from God Himself. It is incorruptible. It is eternal. It cannot be destroyed by time, suffering, persecution, or death.

This is why the Christian life must not be treated as something small or casual. We are called to follow and trust the eternal Son of God who gave Himself to rescue us.

Now keep your place in Galatians 4 and turn to Romans chapter 8. Let us read Romans 8:14-17.

Romans 8:14 says that as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. This shows us both privilege and responsibility.

It is a privilege to be led by the Spirit. It is also our responsibility to follow. The Christian life is not a casual relationship where we follow God only when it is convenient and forget Him when it is difficult.

God desires our spiritual growth and maturity. Day by day, the reality of our relationship with Jesus Christ is strengthened as we walk by the Spirit of God.

VI. Galatians and Romans Together: The Spirit Cries, and We Cry

In Galatians 4, we are told that God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, and the Spirit cries, “Abba, Father.”

In Romans 8, the same truth is repeated with a different emphasis. Romans says that we have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

Together, these passages show us both God’s work in us and our response to Him. The Spirit works in the believer’s heart, and the believer truly cries out to God as Father.

We are born again because of God’s grace and mercy. We do not receive the Spirit in order to become sons of God by our performance. We receive the Spirit because Christ has redeemed us, and God has made us His sons and daughters.

But now, as His children, we have the privilege to personally express the results of this new relationship. The Spirit moves the heart, and the believer cries out with gratitude, trust, and love: “Abba, Father.”

VII. Children of God May Suffer, but They Will Be Glorified

Romans 8:17 reminds us that if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. But it also says that we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

We should not be surprised if we suffer with Christ. We live in the middle of a spiritual battle for the souls of men and women. Jesus Christ came to provide victory over sin and death. He finished what only He could do, and He ascended back to heaven.

By believing in Him and following Him, we have His Spirit and His presence. But the world hated Him because He exposed sin. Scripture tells us that those who live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

If we suffer for righteousness’ sake, for truth’s sake, and for the souls of people, we should understand this suffering in connection with Christ Himself. It is an honor to be associated with the victorious Savior and Lord.

Romans 8:17 teaches that if we suffer with Him, we will also be glorified with Him.

My brothers and sisters, this life, with all its good and all its pain, is not all there is. There is more coming. Jesus Christ has all authority as Judge. But this same holy and righteous Judge took our guilt upon Himself, paid the price to redeem us, set us free, and gave us eternal life.

By following Christ, we have been adopted into God’s family. God Himself is our heavenly Father.

Practical Observations to Remember

We can finish this session by remembering several practical truths.

1. As believers, we should no longer live like slaves.

A slave obeys out of fear of rejection. A son obeys out of love, belonging, and gratitude.

This difference does not make obedience less important. It makes obedience deeper. Christian obedience should come from the heart. It is a grateful response of love because Christ has set us free.

2. We should pray with confidence as children of God.

When we pray, we do not approach God as strangers. We are not hoping to gain an audience with Him as outsiders. We come through the Son, by the Spirit, to the Father.

Our access to God is not based on our worthiness. It is based on Jesus Christ. The Spirit who dwells in us confirms that we belong to God, and we may call Him Father.

3. We should rejoice in the greatness of salvation.

We were lost, but God found us. We were guilty, but Christ redeemed us. We were slaves, but God made us sons. We were strangers, but God welcomed us into His family. We were without inheritance, but now we are heirs through God.

This is the greatness of our salvation: the Father planned it, the Son purchased it, and the Spirit confirms it in our hearts.

Closing Declaration

Let us say this truth clearly:

We come by grace, through faith, through the Son, by the Spirit, to the Father.

Again:

We come by grace, through faith, through the Son, by the Spirit who dwells within us, to God in all His glory. And now, through Jesus Christ, He is our heavenly Father.

This access we have to God the Father explains, in part, the greatness of our salvation.