Adoption into God's Family

Pt. Dave Kenney
Romans 8:15-17

The word adopted was only used five times in the bible.

[define]

adoption (plural adoptions)

1. The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.

   A Chinese baby girl was given away for adoption.

2. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of one society into another.
3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of opinions.

Through adoption:

1. We become members of God's family
John 1:12 (NLT)

• We need to accept - in order it to come to pass. Why do people 'pretend' to be Christians? Because you can. But actually you don't have to pretend. You only need to accept.

• We need to separate

1 Cor 6:9-12 (NLT)

2. We receive benefits from God's family.
Galatians 4-7 (MSG)

These are the privilege to become Jesus' child

• Eternal life

1 John 3:1-2
v.1 ..he calls us his children.. - everyone who accepts are already Christ's children.
The promise of eternal life has value. It means that, life has always been tough, but we don't need to be worry.

• Access - to the Father, knowing the Father would stop and listens everything we call out.
• Discipline - sometimes we don't think it as a benefit.

Heb 12: 5-8 (NLT)

• Inheritance - family possessions, etc.

Gal 7 (MSG)
John 14:1-3 (NIV)
I'm coming back to you, because I am betrothed to you.
the Son will prepare another room in insula.

3. We have responsibilities in God's Family.

Col 3:5-9 (NLT)
We have to live by the family rules.

You don't need to get rid of all the bad habit then you get baptized, it's the other way around.
You get baptized first, then you live daily in a process to become better and better like Christ.

• Love God - how?

Be obedient to your Father.

1 John 5:3
You never become a child of God because you have already do His commands.
You become a child of God, He accepts you as you are.
You need to allow Him to chance you.

• Love Others

1 Peter 1:22 (NLT)
Heb 10:22-25 (MSG)

• Reach the world - not hold on to what we get, instead..

share what you /we received

Sometimes Christians give a wrong impressions, think we're better then others.
Remember that we received the grace even without earning it.