Adoption
God places everyone who believes in Jesus Christ into His family as a son or daughter and heir, with the Spirit of His Son in the heart, a work begun at salvation and completed when our bodies are redeemed.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
Trace the doctrine of adoption through Galatians 4:1-7, Romans 8:14-23, Ephesians 1:5, and 1 John 3:1-2.
Distinguish adoption from justification and regeneration, and name what adoption gives the believer.
Explain present and future adoption from Romans 8:15 and 8:23, and Israel's adoption from Romans 9:4.
Answer the universal fatherhood of God from John 1:12 and John 8:44, handling Acts 17:28 fairly.
Speak of God as Father with tenderness toward adoptive families and those with absent or abusive fathers.