Basic Theology: Adoption - Conclusion
Conclusion
➢ The present reality of the believer's adoption into the family of God is release from the slavery of sin and the law and a new position as a free heir of God.
➢ Entering in to salvation brings the rights and privileges of free sonship.
➢ The intimacy of a relationship with God the Father in contrast to the ownership of slavery is a remarkable feature of salvation.
➢ Like many aspects of salvation, there is an eschatological component of adoption. Believers "wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies" (Romans 8:23).
➢ The full revelation of the believer's adoption is freedom from the corruption present in the world. Being a member of God's family includes the ultimate privilege of being like him (1 John 3:2)
➢ When we are born again we become children in God’s family (John 1:12-13),
➢ God becomes our loving Heavenly Father (John 6:32).
➢ We not only become children of God; we become sons of God and legally recognised heirs – Romans 8:14-17.
➢ Thus, by adoption, God gives us a new status, and this new status, at once brings us into the place of new Privilege and of new Responsibility.
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