The Highest Privilege of the Gospel | A Brief Look at the Doctrine of Adoption
J.I. Packer once said that, "Adoption is the highest privilege of the gospel. The traitor is forgiven, brought in for supper, and given the family name. To be right with God the Judge is a great thing, but to be loved and cared for by God the Father is greater."
One of the most beautiful truths of Scripture is that Christians are those who have been adopted by God. They have been "born of God" (John 1:13, 1 John 3:9), given the "Spirit of Adoption" (Romans 8:15), they are called "sons of God" (Matt. 5:9). Indeed, even from eternity past, God, "predestined (them) for adoption to himself as…
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