How did your family name affect other’s impression/expectations of you when you were growing up? (For example, if an older sibling excelled in math, were you expected to do the same?)
In addition to the name, “I AM,” by what name did God instruct Moses to identify the God of Israel in Exodus 3:15-16? Why is this significant?
The Bible states that when God adopts us into His family through His Son Jesus Christ, we become changed people (2 Corinthians 5:17). We now have the identity of sons and daughters of God (Romans 8:16). We take on a new name that is higher than any other name. The name or identity that we had is now gone replaced by a new nature and family.
Read the following scriptures. Before Christ, the Bible teaches that we were “enslaved” to many things in this world. From what has Jesus freed us? What are some of the privileges we enjoy as sons and daughters of God?
Romans 8:14-17—
Galatians 3:22-4:7—
Hebrews 2:10-15—
Hebrews 2:11 states, “Both the one who makes men holy and those whoare made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.” What sense of responsibility do you feel knowing that you have been accepted into God’s family?
Read Galations 6:10. In light of this scripture, what responsibilities are we to have toward each other?
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