Adopted

I am adopted. From what I hear from my parents, adopting me was not an easy

task! Lots of paperwork, government background checks, and other

miscellaneous thingsit took them many months before they could adopt.

Adoption takes lots of money and time. It’s definitely not a calling for

everyone, but when God does call people to adopt, it’s a reminder of the

adoption we have in Christ. As Christians, we are adopted into the family

of God. This adoption is much different than when earthly parents adopt a

child. It’s free for us, because Jesus paid the price by dying on the

cross. In this adoption, there is no paperwork or money involved, and it’s

simpleeven a young child can be adopted into the family of God. The only

thing needed for our adoption is salvation, and it’s free to all who

believe that Jesus is their Savior! When we receive Christ as our Lord and

Savior, we are adopted as sons and daughters of God. Because we are in

Christ, nothing can separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:38-39)! God

loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross and rise

from the dead so we could be His children. Praise Him for making a way for

us to be adopted into His family! Lilly Wiscaver Have you been adopted

into God’s family by putting your trust in Jesus? If not, what’s holding

you back? (For more about what it means to put your trust in Jesus, check

out the Know Jesus page.) Can you think of any other ways earthly

adoption reminds us of the adoption God has made for us? For you are all

children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26 (NLT)

Read Verses:

Galatians 3:26; Romans 8:14-Romans 8:17; Galatians 4:5-Galatians 4:7; Ephesians 1:5-Ephesians 1:7