To be A Son (Part 2)

Ok folks, here's part 2 of the sermon from our favourite Pastor, Pst Kong, who talked about the the 5 character of sonship.




[Gal 4:1]

"Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all"

-> Heir/Son means a builder of a family name

[Gal 4:6]

-> As sons/daughters, we are to recieve the full rights and blessing into our lives.

*Thus when we work for our leaders, we are not just to work for the sake of doing something, but to understand that we are doing things to leave a legacy with them.



So there are 5 distinct characteristic of sonship.



1) A son carries the GENETIC CODE of the house.

-> To be a true son/daughter, we are to carry the same spirit of those who are in-charge of the house.

-> We are to lay down our lives for each other if we claim to have a love-relationship with those in the same house.

*To be a man of authority, we must first be able to submit to authority.



2) A son SERVES THE VISION of the house

[Gen 14:14]

Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

*Sons will fight for their spiritual fathers.

*Simple things are able to see whether are you a son or are a worker for a cause.

[Phil 2:19-22]

But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state. For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus. But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel.

*Sons are rare as most people seek their own destiny and visions.

*Being a son works through actions(worthiness) not by confession.

*Only during through extreme pressure can you prove that you are a true son.

*A son serves a father by interpreting the father's vision and fufilling it.



3) A son SHARES THE PRIDE in their house.

*Ownership in something is needed for one to have pride in it.

[Prov 17:6]

Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the glory of children is their father.

->This is a healthy pride which is good.

*Developing healthy pride is a God thing.



4) A son ACCEPTS DISCIPLINE in the house

[Heb 12:5-6]

And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: “ My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”

*The willingness to accept discipline makes you a son.

*We are to accept chastening with contriteness.



5) A son GIVES BIRTH to children.

*True sons and daughters would love to invite people into their house.

*True sons and daughters are givers of their liffe.

*The difference between loving and lusting; To love means to give at the expense of oneself, to lust means to take at the expense of others