In my last post on adoption, I made the statement that adoption is the gospel. I would like to clarify that biblically the gospel is that Christ died for our sins, was buried and raised from the dead on the third day (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). When we trust Christ for the forgiveness of our sins He (God) credits our account with Jesus' righteousness. Jesus became sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21). Part of the outflow of receiving the gospel is to receive the Holy Spirit as a mark of our salvation (Ephesians 1:13). One of the ministries of the Holy Spirit is to live in our hearts and remind us that we are sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father (Galatians 4:6-7). As Christians, God is making us new. We are new creatures in Christ with new desires, a new home, a new heritage, and so on. New now defines us. Our Father in heaven now defines who we are as he sees his Son we are covered by his perfection and righteousness.
If orphans and adoption is important to God then it should be important to us. May we love the things that God loves and hate the things that God hates!
~ Paul
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