Of Adoption
I. All those that are justified, God vouchsafes, in and
for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption,a by
which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the
children of God,b have His name put upon them,c receive the spirit
of adoption,d have access to the throne of grace with boldness,e are
enabled to cry, Abba, Father,f are pitied,g protected,h provided
for,i and chastened by Him as by a Father:j yet never cast off,k
but sealed to the day of redemption;l and inherit the promises,m as
heirs of everlasting salvation.n
a. Eph. 1:5; Gal. 4:4-5.
b. Rom. 8:17; John 1:12.
c. Jer. 14:9; II Cor. 6:18; Rev. 3:12.
d. Rom. 8:15.
e. Eph. 3:12; Rom. 5:2.
f. Gal. 4:6.
g. Ps. 103:13.
h. Prov. 14:26.
i. Matt. 6:30, 32; I Pet. 5:7.
j. Heb. 12:6
k. Lam. 3:31.
l. Eph. 4:30.
m. Heb. 6:12.
n. I Pet. 1:3-4; Heb. 1:14.
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