Adoption into the Family of God (WSC #34)

Introduction

WSC Q #34: What is adoption?
A. Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God. 1 John 3:1; John 1:12; Rom. 8:17

WSC 12.1 All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption: by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God, have His name put upon them, receive the spirit of adoption, have access to the throne of grace with boldness, are enabled to cry, Abba, Father, are pitied, protected, provided for, and chastened by Him as by a father; yet never cast off, but sealed to the day of redemption, and inherit the promises, as heirs of everlasting salvation. Eph. 1:5; Gal. 4:4-5; Rom. 8:17; John 1:12; Jer. 14:9; 2 Cor. 6:18; Rev. 3:12; Rom. 8:15; Eph. 3:12; Rom. 5:2; Gal. 4:6; Ps. 103:13; Prov. 14:26; Matt. 6:30, 32; 1 Pet. 5:7; Heb. 12:6; Lam. 3:31; Eph. 4:30; Heb. 6:12; 1 Pet. 1:3-4; Heb. 1:14.

I. The Importance of Adoption

II. The Story of Adoption (Gal. 5:1; Prov. 18:24; 27:10;
Ps. 27:10)

III. The Privileges of Adoption

 •	A new  nature (2 Pet. 1:3-4)
 •	A new destiny (Eph. 1:4-5)
 •	A new purpose (Ps. 17:8)
 •	A new freedom (1 Jn 4:17-18) 
 •	A new spirit (Rom. 8:15)
 •	A new family (Eph. 2:19)
 •	A new discipline (Heb. 12:5-7)
 •	A new privilege (1 Cor. 15:58)
 •  A new inheritance (1 Pet. 1:3-5)
 •	A new name (Isa. 62:2)

Conclusion