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Adoption Romans 8:12-17. Regeneration : God makes us spiritually alive. Justification : God gives us right legal standing before Him. Adoption : God makes us members of His family!. “Adoption is an act of God whereby he makes us members of his family.” Wayne Grudem.
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Adoption Romans 8:12-17
Regeneration: God makes us spiritually alive. Justification: God gives us right legal standing before Him. Adoption: God makes us members of His family!
“Adoption is an act of God whereby he makes us members of his family.” Wayne Grudem
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:27
And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Galatians 4:6
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. John 14:18
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!... Beloved, now we are children of God… 1 John 3:1-2
Privileges of Adoption: -new relationship -confident praying -good gifts -an inheritance -fatherly guidance -loving discipline -members of a larger family!
Responsibilities of the Adopted: -sharing in His sufferings -relating to other members in love -working together -obeying our Father -walking in holiness -honoring our Father