All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption: by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God; to have His name put upon them, receive the Spirit of adoption; to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Adoption’
A Definition and Analysis of Adoption
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Day of Redemption, Heirs, Justified, Westminster Confession of Faith on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taught by the Doctrine of Adoption
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Glory of Christ, Heaven; Inheritance; Romans 8; Galatians 4; I John 3; John 17; Matthew 5; Revelation 22; I Corinthians 13; I Thessalonians 4 on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The doctrine of adoption teaches us to think of our hope not as a possibility nor yet as a likelihood, but as a guaranteed certainty, because it is a promised inheritance. (Romans 8:16-17; Galatians 4:7)
Next the doctrine of adoption tells us that the sum and substance of our promised inheritance is a share of the glory [...]
Christianity and Adoption
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Children of God on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our understanding of Christianity cannot be better than our grasp of adoption.
- J.I. Packer, Knowing God, copyright 1973, page 201
The Christian’s Primary Motive for Holy Living
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Motive for Christian Living on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Only the person who has grasped this [doctrine of adoption] can make sense of Romans 8:28, equally, only can he maintain his assurance of sonship against satanic assault as things go wrong. Be he who has mastered the truth of adoption both retains assurance and receives blessing in the day of trouble: this one aspect [...]
Sons of God
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Child of God, Ephesians 1, Galations 4, I John 3 on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Roman law, it was a recognized practice for an adult who wanted an heir, and someone to carry on the family name, to adopt a male as his son – usually at age rather than infancy, as is the common way today. The apostles proclaim that God has so loved those whom He redeemed [...]
What Follows the Love of God
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Assurance, God's Love, Prodigal, Romans 8 on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If God in love has made Christians his children, and if he is perfect as a Father, two things would seem to follow, in the nature of the case.
First, the family relationship must be an abiding one, lasting forever. Perfect parents do not cast off their children. Christians may act the prodigal, but God will [...]
Measuring God’s Love
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, God's Love, I John 3, I John 4, Romans 5 on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The New Testament give us two yardsticks for measuring God’s love. The first is the cross (Romans 5:8; I John 4:8-10); the second is the gift of sonship (I John 3:1) Of all these gifts of grace, adoption is the highest.
- J.I. Packer, Knowing God, copyright 1973, page 214
The Royal Family Code
Posted in Packer, J.I., tagged Adoption, Christian Conduct, Matthew 5, Matthew 6, Matthew 7, Prayer, Sermon on the Mount on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Often called the charter of God’s Kingdom, this sermon (The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7) could equally well be described as the royal family code, for the thought of the disciple’s sonship to God is basic to all the main issues of Christian obedience with which the Sermon deals. This is worth showing in [...]
The Distinct Privileges of Pardon, Acceptance and Adoption
Posted in Buchanan, James, tagged Acceptance Pardon, Adoption, Galations 4, I John 3, John 1, John 15, Justification on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to the Scriptures, pardon, acceptance, and adoption are distinct privileges, the one rising above the other in the order in which they have been stated… while the first two properly belog to (the sinner’s) justification, as being both founded on the same relation – that of Ruler and Subject – the third is radically [...]
