Advantages of His child
Advantages of His child
(Adopted)
David Wilkerson
The first advantage’s when you’re adopted that He gives you a spirit of adoption.
Let me read it to you.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;
but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Romans 8:15-16
What happens?
When you come out of sin, you come into the kingdom of God, the family of God, you bring with your old mind set, you bring with you that bondage, the Scripture says. The bondage to the flesh, the bondage to lust, the bondage to the old ways of life, you bring that in.
There’s a mind set. There’s something that happens by the Holy Spirit. He says,
“You have to start thinking like the child of the King.
You have to start thinking of riches that I have.
You’ve got to change your mind.
You’ve got to believe the Holy Ghost will do that in you.”
You’ve got to have this imprinted by the Holy Ghost in your spirit, mind, heart.
“I have been adopted when I came to Jesus.
I have been legally adopted.
It’s been signed in blood.
The paper’s signed in the blood of Jesus Christ.
And I ask You, God, to give me
the Spirit of knowledge and wisdom in this
that I am secure in Christ, I am secure in Him.
I am an adopted child of the King.”
First of all, you get that Spirit of adoption.
He said,
“You’ve received the Spirit of adoption,
the spirit of love and power and sound mind.”
(Romans 8:15, 2Timothy 1:7)
What a liberty it is to walk around saying “I’m free.” What a liberty it is to walk without fear, without guilt and condemnation.
“I’m a free man!”
No matter how I feel,
no matter how the devil accuses me,
my conscience screams,
“I’m a free man in Christ Jesus!”
And He freed me so that I could walk in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of my life.
Secondly, He engraves you in the palm of His hand.
Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; …
Isaiah 49:16
That means to cut. The palm of His hand is the palm of His power.
I don’t know how this happens what it means, but it does mean that I’m now identified with the all the power of Heaven, that all the power God has against Satan is mine now, that I can call on that power, that I can believe God for that power and that I’m gonna walk in the Spirit with that.
Every time I pray, I hear it every time I go to the Lord, and when after I’m done worshipping and making my needs known to Him and ministering to Him, then I sat still everyday. I hear it. I heard it before I came to this pulpit, when I was at the backstage to get a drink. I heard it again.
I was pleading,
“God, touch me.
Help me to get this message through the people.”
Holy Spirit keeps saying
“You’re enveloped in my hand.”
Every time the enemy comes against me,
Holy Ghost says,
“You’re enveloped.”
A picture of cloud, a cloud,
an invisible cloud.
You’re walking in a protection, that invisible cloud. Everywhere you go, that cloud goes with you.
He said,
“Now that you’re adopted, I’ve engraved you in the palms of my hands.”
This mighty universal hands of God.
Mightly, wherever you go,
“I’m under this cloud of protection
I’m under this invisible cloud.”
I sense that cloud right now, while I’m preaching. You can have this. That’s the Spirit, the Spirit of adoption.
“I’m under this cloud, and everywhere I move He moves with me.
And He instructs me.
He directs me.”
Where’s the demon in hell?
Where’s the devil that get through that cloud?
Where is anybody that can touch that cloud of His presence? They get near that presence, and they flee. Because that’s the presence of Emmanuel.
Finally, now the last advantage’s that you have absolute free access to the Father at any time at any place.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Ephesians 2:18
… in who also we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith in Him
(Hebrew 4:16)
What did the Lord say? Come timidly? Come with guilt, fear, condemnation?
“Come boldly.
Stand against the enemy.”
Stand up and say,
“I am adopted.
Devil, and all the demons of hell,
everything which’s laid against me,
I am His child.
I’m a child of God.
I’ve been adopted into the family of God.”
The Father has a heart. He says,
“I want to hear everything in your heart.
I want to know how I can help you in every area of your life.”
Go to Him at any time and plea with Him.
“Lord, I need this. I need that.
But I believe You. I love You.
I worship You.”
Worshiping and praising Him …
But folks, it’s a sign that you believe that He has the resources when you ask for them.
“He has got everything I need.
Why shouldn’t I ask?
I’ve got no other place to go.
I’m going to Him!”