Over the past month I have been given the privilege of preaching through the doctrine of biblical adoption. This doctrine is very dear to my heart but also a fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith. So much so that John Stott calls it the "highest blessing of the Christian faith". He says, "If you want to judge how
well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the
thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the
thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook
on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all.
Our understanding of Christianity cannot be better than our grasp of adoption." (Knowing God p. 201)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved."
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