He Destined Us For Adoption
As His
Children
Through Jesus Christ
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, just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of
the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. He destined us for
adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure
of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us
in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us.
With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us
the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in
Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him,
things in heaven and things on earth. In Christ we have also obtained an
inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who
accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were
the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory.
We are all children of the King.
Because of God’s great love for us, He adopted us as His sons and daughters.
There is no greater honor. No Material possession, fame, power, or position can
compare. When we embrace this reality, we are set free from the temptation to
manufacture and manipulate our own significance.
Those who are in Christ have
significance in Him. We can rejoice because we are called by His name. When we
belong to the King of kings, we need no other bragging rights!
Children of
the king find their significance in Christ.
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