My church is reading through the book "Follow Me" by David Platt, and the pastor's sermons recently have been on supporting Scriptures. This week the focus was our adoption by God as His children. Here are my very scattered notes/thoughts from his sermon this week. The sermon was on several passages.
~ God adopted us because of His love for us, not because He had work for us to do.
~ Why does God adopt us? So that He can have a family to live with Him forever and ever. He is out to create a forever family.
~ What role does Jesus play in our adoption? He is our means of adoption.
~ We groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption by God.
~ Truth about God should cause affection for Him to well up in us.
~ God was delighted to adopt us!
~ The impact of our adoption fuels a lifetime of service, devotion, and love for God our Father.
~ Adoption isn't a marginal purpose of God - it is the central catalyst of His plan for us.
~ Jesus addressed God as Abba, Father. If He is the firstborn of our eternal family, shouldn't I follow His example?
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