God has one "begotten" Son. He adopted the rest! But the Bible never refers to us as adopted children, only as children. "Adopted" is the action God used to make us His children but never used to describe us.
As "children" of wrath" (Ephesians 2:3), we needed God's adoption action. It cost Him. He gave His only-begotten Son so we might become "sons." Through faith in his adoption process of death and resurrection, we receive the inheritance of eternal life and the unparalleled privilege of coming to Him as dear children come to their dear Father.
What positive light this sheds on earthly adoptions! Couples sometimes say, "We want our own child." That's understandable, but there are two ways to get your own child - through birth and through adoption. Once either is accomplished, the couple has not a "birth child" or an "adopted child" but their own child, a gift from God. Rejoice today in your adoption by your heavenly Father.
-Portals of Prayer January 15, 2014
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