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Family: The Call of Duty

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  Through Christ, God brings those who believe in Jesus into His family, places them in the position of sons and daughters, and bestows upon them the rights and privileges that come with belonging to His family. However, our position in God’s family does more than give us privileges—it also determines how we ought to live.   When we understand who we are, everything else begins to fall into place. Paul does not stop at helping us understand the nature and purposes of God or the wonderful truth that we are His children. He goes further and shows us that, alongside the rights and privileges of sonship, there are also responsibilities . He becomes very practical about how we should live now that we belong to God's family. Paul writes in Ephesians 4:1  “...I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” (NIV)   In the context of sonship, the calling we have received is the calling to become children in the house of God. Therefore, our li...
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Family By Adoption

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  In an ideal family, there is a father, a mother, sons, and daughters. Children may become members of a family by birth or descent , but they may also become members through adoption . What qualifies you and me to become part of God's family? Our key passage is Ephesians 1:3–5 : “Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us  in the heavenly realms  with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will...” (NIV). The central message is simple: We are part of God's family by adoption. You and I are not part of the family of God by birth but by adoption. Praise the Lord!   Understanding Spiritual Adoption Adoption is the act of God's grace by which He places us as sons and daughters in His family, the ones who receive Jesus Christ a...
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