PERFECTING SONSHIP THROUGH DEATH (1)

• Sonship is perfected through death. Just as Christ was perfected through suffering, so we must die to self, flesh, and worldly desires (Hebrews 2:10, 14-15).

• No servant is above the master. If Christ suffered, we too must embrace suffering in sonship (John 13:16).

• Jesus endured the cross for the joy set before Him. Following His example, we also should be motivated to endure our sufferings because of the glory ahead of us (Hebrews 12:2).

• We will not achieve anything meaningful or even attain sonship to the degree that the Lord wants us to, except through death.

• Death is necessary for fruitfulness. The old man must be crucified for the new life to emerge (Galatians 2:20, John 12:24).

• The life of Christ is not an improvement on the old; it is an entirely new one. Your old self must be crucified, killed, and buried for the new you to arise (Galatians 2:19-20, 2 Corinthians 5:17).

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