ADOPTION AND GRACE
Adoption is an act of the grace of God. It is an act of God, whereby men who were by nature children of wrath, even as others, and were members of the ruined and lost family of Adam, are for no reason in themselves, but entirely of the pure grace of God, translated out of the evil and dark family of Satan and brought actually and literally into the family of God --- so that they now take upon themselves His name, share His privileges as sons and daughters of God, and they are for all intents and purposes the eternal family of God.
No child can adopt himself or herself.
No person has the right in and of themselves to become adopted.
No person can force a family to adopt them.
No child can demand that a family must adopt them.
That family must initiate the action.
That family must make that choice.
That family must pray and plan.
That family must have resources to meet the needs of the adopted child.
That family must be committed to the welfare of that child.
That family never knows how that child may turn out. But God does ... and He is committed to
our future!
All of that is an act of sovereign grace.
Do you ever think of what a great and high honor it is to be called a child of God?
What a glorious privilege!
What a wonderful blessing!
May we be forever lost in the wonder and amazement of the sheer grace of God toward people like you and me!
“No Other Word for Grace”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCAy5XQPkMw
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