The sermon, drawn from 1 John 3:1, centers on the profound truth that believers are called sons of God by the Father's unmerited love, a reality both eternal and transformative. It emphasizes that this divine adoption—rooted in God's eternal covenant and secured by Christ's atoning sacrifice—is not earned but freely bestowed, making the believer a co-heir with Christ and a child of the Father. The preacher calls the congregation to behold this love with awe, contrasting it with the world's ignorance and highlighting the unique privilege of the church as the visible sign of God's grace. Through the lens of infant baptism, the sermon underscores the covenantal responsibility of the church to nurture the child in faith, praying that he would one day personally experience and declare, 'Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us.' The message culminates in a call to continual spiritual awakening, where every believer, like the child, is reminded of the need for regeneration and the joy of being adopted into God's family through Christ alone.