ADOPTED BY GOD

Ephesians 1:3-5 NKJV

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,”

PICS

John 1:12-13 NKJV

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

THE CRISIS OF ADOPTION

THE MYSTERY OF ADOPTION

THE REVELATION OF ADOPTION

 Psalm 27:10 NKJV

“When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.”

Psalm 27:10 AMP

Although my father and my mother have abandoned me, Yet the Lord will take me up & adopt me as His child

THE MYSTERY OF ADOPTION

I Timothy 3:16 NKJV

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.”

Romans 8:15-17 NKJV

“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”

THE REVELATION OF ADOPTION (great faith)

Philippians 3:7-11 NKJV

“But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.”

THE REVELATION OF ADOPTION

Matthew 15:21 NKJV

“Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 15:22 NKJV

 And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David!

Matthew 15:23 NKJV

But He answered her not a word.

And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”

What if I stumble

What if I fall?

What if I lose my step

And I make fools of us all?

Will the love continue

When my walk becomes a crawl?

What if I stumble

And what if I fall?

Michael Tait

Matthew 15:24 NKJV

But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Matthew 15:25 NKJV

Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

Matthew 15:26 NKJV

But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

Matthew 15:27 NKJV

And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

Matthew 15:28 NKJV

Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

THE FAITH  OF THE ADOPTED

Matthew 5:3 NKJV

Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:4 NKJV

Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.

Matthew 5:5 NKJV

Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:6 NKJV

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

Psalm 139:1-5, 13-18 NKJV

“O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand…”

Galatians 4:6-7 NKJV

“…because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”