The author Sinclair Ferguson was mentioned as having written a book called 'Children of the Living God', with a chapter called 'The Spirit of Adoption', which talks about the prodigal son's repentance and the misunderstanding of the love of God, as the prodigal son comes back in repentance and says he is unworthy to be called the father's son.
But anyway, there's a book by a friend of mine called Sinclair, named Sinclair Ferguson. He's not only called but he's also named Sinclair Ferguson and he's written a book called Children of the Livin...
— Episode: The Experience of Adoption
Episode: The Experience of Adoption
The author Sinclair Ferguson was mentioned as having written a book called 'Children of the Living God', with a chapter called 'The Spirit of Adoption', which talks about the prodigal son's repentance and the misunderstanding of the love of God, as the prodigal son comes back in repentance and says he is unworthy to be called the father's son.
But anyway, there's a book by a friend of mine called Sinclair, named Sinclair Ferguson. He's not only called but he's also named Sinclair Ferguson and he's written a book called Children of the Living God. And there's one chapter in the book called The Spirit of Adoption.
And one thing that's interesting that Sinclair Ferguson points out and that Henry Nowen has written a great book on the return of the prodigal, they point out is when the prodigal son comes back in Luke 15, it's very interesting as he's coming back in repentance.
Now Sinclair Ferguson does a very interesting job about this and he comes and he says this. He says, although the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15 is probably the best known and loved of all Christ's parables, the lesson it teaches us is often overlooked.
We're slow to realize the implications of this. We have the status of sons, but we have the mindset of a hired servant.
He says that is the reason why Paul, when he talks about the Holy Spirit here and he's talking about Galatians 4, 6, and also Romans 8, 15, a parallel passage, Paul is saying that if it's a fact that God has adopted us into his family, then the spirit must come and assure us that this is true. The spirit must enable us to live in the enjoyment of such a rich spiritual blessing.