Man Talk

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. — Galatians 4:6-7 CALL OUT: I want to give a shout-out to Larry Wargel from Columbia, SC. Thanks so much for your partnership in the Gospel. Your generosity is much appreciated. The Spirit is easily one of the most neglected topics in the church. Yet for Paul, the Spirit is significant and central. He is the sign of our sonship—not works of the flesh (e.g., circumcision) but the searing of our hearts by his Spirit. This is not something we do. It's something Christ did at the moment we believed. The Spirit was "sent into our hearts" with a clarion cry. This made me wonder if we resort to works-based righteousness because we are unaware of the Spirit that God seared into us. We lack awareness of his searing and spiritual work. This is what Paul is doing here, he is making the church aware of the Spirit within them. So let me do th