"Wherefore you are no more a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God trough Christ" (Galatians 4:7)
The Christian experience is suppose to be one of experiencing sonship, not just going through religious motions, which the bible refers to as bondage or servitude; i.e. go to church, pray, read my bible, pay my tithe, repeat next week, and then you'll please God...
We have typically been pointed to these actions in regards to what our Christian "walk" should look like, or to stay in "right standing" with God. The result has been that we end up relying on the doing of these things and then call it "Christianity".
The glorious truth is that God has provided way more, and wants us to experience way more than this. He wants us to experience a life of being led by His Spirit, a life of being a "son of God".
This isn't as impossible as it has sounded to us, in fact it's not impossible at all! It's very simple as long as we do it from our heart, not our head.
Ryan will point out in the scriptures that the only way this experience happens, is the same way we got "saved"; by trusting, relying, and depending whole-heartedly on what Jesus did for us at the cross, now though as a lifestyle.
Generally speaking, all believers are children of God, but the bible also says that we can "walk in the flesh" and MISS what God has for us. Through the book of Galatians and the book of Romans primarily, Ryan hopes to bring understanding of what it means to "walk in the Spirit", HOW to do it, and therefore experience true intimacy with our Father as His son!
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." (Romans 8:14)
Be blessed!