Christian Adoption: The interplay between our adoption by God & the adoption of our children.

Christian adoption is our foundation. The Bible uses adoption as a picture to describe the relationship between God and his people.

How great is the love
the Father has lavished on us,
that we should be called
children of God! (1 John 3:1)

Understanding this spiritual adoption will energize us with freedom and joy as we take risks in loving vulnerable children. Spiritual and earthly adoptions interact with each other in ways that offer us great blessing.

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption. (Romans 8:15-16).

The wonder of our adoption by God began to sink into us as we waited to finalize the adoption of our first son. We had set our love on Benjamin even though we had never seen him and had no natural connection to him. This small boy had not done anything to earn our love, and was not even aware of it, yet we chose to love him. What a beautiful reflection of God’s adoptive love for us! Read more about how our adoption of children helped us cherish our adoption by God in Celebration.

Enjoy meditating about our adoption by God by using this Bible study individually or in groups.

Do we live as if we are cherished children or do we act more like orphans? The chart in Orphan or Son/Daughter helps us live more fully in our identity as God’s children.

Children of the Heavenly Father is a jewel of a hymn that meditates on the protective, Fatherly love of God for us. Hear it sung beautifully by Deb Mantel and Nancy Raney.

Excellent Christian writers and speakers have created material to help us understand Christian adoption. Learn more.

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