Sonship. Kay Ph.D. Fairchild

God's message? It also said "...the scripture cannot be broken, or annulled, or set aside." In other words God said, "Ye are gods, and that is final."

      Who are these gods? It is those who are the message. James says, “Those who have this hope in them purify themselves, even as he is pure." So, here the word gods refers to the sons of God who are fully awake spiritually.

      We find another point concerning equality in John chapter 5 and verse 18, "Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God."

      He put Himself on a level with God. Can you see why the bible says we will be persecuted? The carnal man does not like the Word of God. If God is our Father and He is God, then who are we? Should we not be gods too? Now, if you interpret this with the carnal thinking, you might say, "Oh boy, I can turn water into money and coal into gold." That is baby talk. We will be gods, but we will only manifest Him. We will manifest His mind; and everything that could be said of Jesus, will be said of us. We are pure, we are righteous, we are holy, etc.

      If you have had all these teachings and you are living in them, walking in them, and being them, then you are manifesting Christ Jesus. Would you be pleased if your children followed in your footsteps? Then, if your name is Jane, you want all of your girls to be little ‘Janes.’ You are the capital "J" Jane, but you have a lot of little "j" ‘Janes’. You are tremendously pleased because they take after you. They live like you, they think like you, they have a renewed consciousness, and they walk in the Spirit.

      This is the same way God is. He is pleased with His life. There is no disharmony, no sin, and no wickedness. So it stands to reason that God says, "If I am capital "G" God, I want a lot of small "g" gods just exactly like Me" Do you think that is a threat to God? No; but our concept has been so small.God is pleased that we live as Him. Jesus said, "Follow me." If we obey Jesus and follow Him, then we are little Christ’s.

      In spite of the theologians and the religious leaders of Jesus' day, Jesus knew in His spirit who He was. Even though they rejected Him as the Son of God, Jesus said in His spirit, "I am the Son of God and I will not deny that truth." And whatever happened to Jesus will happen to us. He is the pattern.

      When you know in your spirit who you are they may say you are wrong and you are crazy; but you must know in your spirit that you are right and you are walking in the spirit. You must determine in your heart that you are not going to bend. This truth must become a reality in your inner man. If it is just in your head, people will change your head.

      Jesus became who we were, a human being. Jesus became a man so we could become "gods". A1l truth is parallel. We can become an expression of Him, and can live just like He lived.

      Suffering with Him at Calvary - Brings Glorification

      In Romans chapter 8 verses 17-19, Paul indirectly mentions the equality of the sons of God: "And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together." Verse 18: "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Verse 19, "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God."

      The Amplified puts this scripture like this: "And if we are His children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ - sharing His inheritance with Him; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory." Verse 18: "(But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time [this present life] are not worthy of being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us, and conferred on us." Verse 19: "For even the whole creation [all nature] waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God's sons to be made known - waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their identity."

      Notice verse 17 says that we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. Then it says that we must suffer like Him, if we get this inheritance. How did He suffer? He suffered through persecution, rejection, and excommunication. But all this suffering will not even compare with the glory which is about to be revealed to us, in us, for us, and conferred on us. Of course, this is speaking of sonship; the glory of the sons of God. But beyond this suffering He suffered at the cross. And because we were also crucified with Him, His suffering was our suffering. Therefore that is another aspect of our suffering which is vitally important.

      Verse 19 ties the other into sonship: "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God." Jesus was not well known at first, but when He matured and was adopted, He was revealed; "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." Then, everybody knew it. The Greek text says, "This is my beloved Son in whom I was well pleased."

      Verse 17 says that we are children, then heirs. In other words, we were children, but then as we grow, we will come into our inheritance as heirs. Then he breaks it down: we are heirs of God the Father, and joint heirs with Christ. Jesus has inherited all things from the Father. He said: "All things have been given unto me..." So, He has received everything from the Father, therefore the Father has nothing more to give.

      If God has many sons, and He gave it all to one son, that means He has nothing more to give you. For example, if I have $1,000.00 and two sons, and I gave the whole amount to one son, there is nothing left to give my other son.

      Now, God gave everything to Jesus, but then He went on to say that we are joint heirs with Christ. Therefore, everything that Jesus received from the Father is mine too; I have also inherited all that Jesus received. So, God says, "I do not have anything more to give you, I gave it all to My Son Jesus, but because you are joint heirs and are in Him, you got it too."

      Heirs of God - Equal Heirs with Jesus

      In verse 17 God still says we are His heirs. What does that mean? God said He would make us "gods"; and heirs of God. What else does He have to give? He gave it all to Jesus. So, God said, "I will make you as gods, you will walk in my deity, you will not be deity, but you will walk in it." We are heirs of God. He said prophetically in Hebrews: "I will walk in them and dwell in them..." He will walk in us and we will walk in Him, so we will walk in deity.

      Revelation chapter 21 Verse 7 shows us some characteristics of those who are candidates for sonship: "He that over-cometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." We are over comers because we are in the overcoming one; however, as that becomes our experience that constitutes being an overcomer. In Colossians chapter 3 verses 12-14 we find out what we will overcome. "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;" Verse 13: "forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." Verse 14: "And above all these things, put on charity (love) which is the bond of perfectness [or maturity], of sonship."

      Those who walk into sonship will totally overcome every death substance in their lives by realizing that Jesus already overcame every bit of death. They will manifest only the Spirit of God and not a mixture of flesh and Spirit.