Adopted For Life

The ABBA fund does a great job comparing the adoption of children to our adoption as children of God.

On Monday we received our son’s Decree of Adoption in the mail. This is the document that tells us his adoption is final. Declared. Legal.
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“It is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed by the Court:

(1) That from the date of the entry of this Decree herein, the said minor is declared adopted for life…

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In light of this, here are some thoughts on our adoption in Christ:

1. You have been “adopted for life”! Eternal life to be exact! Our earthly adoption of our son is only temporary. God’s adoption of us is even greater because it is eternal.
2. You have experienced a complete substitution of family. You have a new family, a new Father, new perfect elder brother (Jesus), and new brothers and sisters (the church!). We may still have responsibilities to our earthly family but our ultimate responsibility is to our heavenly Father and his will and purposes.
3. You are a heir of everything that Christ will inherit!
4. You have the same legal status, rights, obligations as a natural child of God.

Read the whole thing here.