DAILY READINGS: Deuteronomy 2; Eccl. 2:12 to 3:15; Luke 6:20-49
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of His will. Ephesians 1:5
Are we adopted children of God? I am not, I was born into the family of God. A child born into a family cannot be adopted into it. We have the Spirit of adoption, (Romans 8:15) but the adoption is later (v.23). The word "adoption" means "son-placed". It happened to a Jewish boy when he was brought into the inheritance of his family. He was fully grown. Our adoption is the aim of God in salvation. To be son-placed in His eternal plan. We are not there yet, but when He comes we will receive the "adoption" (Romans 8:23). —Harold G. Smith
Saved from all sin thro’ His infinite grace,
With the redeemed ones, I am accorded a place. —Wendell Loveless