On Our Adoption

Over the last several months, I have been compiling a list of verses that are "proof" of my adoption into the family of God. It has been such an encouragement to me in my walk with Christ to see all the places where He talks of wanting me to join His household! God's greatest desire is to be our closest Friend, our All in All, our Daddy! Amazing thoughts...

"For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry, 'Abba, Father.' The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children." (Romans 8:15-17)

"It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, Who has become for us wisdom from God - that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption." (1 Cor. 1:30)

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)

"For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world... In love... He adopted [us] as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession - the praise of His glory." (Ephesians 1:4,5,13,14)

"But because of His great love for us, God, Who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household." (Ephesians 2:4,5,13,19)

There are many more passages that speak of God's astounding love and mercy toward us; these are only a few that I have found so far. The joy in my heart is great as I consider my belonging - as a child - to the Creator of all!