Adoption is a precious word God the Father uses to describe His relationship with His followers… the children He purchased through the blood of Jesus Christ! It has rich depth that describes our position in Christ and the promises He has lavished upon the Family of God!

 

· Our adoption was planned and intentional. (Ephesians 1:4 “He chose us in him before the foundation of the world”)

· Our adoption was costly. (Galatians 4:5 “God sent his Son…to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.”)

· Our adoption changes our perception of everything! (Romans 8:15 “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons.”)

· Our adoption doesn’t make us second-class citizens in the Kingdom of God. (Romans 8:17 “Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.”)

· Our adoption is permanent and secure. (John 10:28-30 “No one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”)

· Our adoption gives us an intimate relationship with Our Heavenly Father. (Galatians 4:6 “Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father.")

· Our adoption gives us a rich inheritance! (1 Peter 1:3-4 “³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you.”)