Are you following Jesus? #7

When we begin to understand what following Jesus is all about we need to think about another word that fits into our understanding of what God has done for us and that word is adoption. Read these verses:


Ephesians 1:3-6

3 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, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.



Jesus is God's son, we are not. BUT God has always had a plan in place to adopt us to become His sons and daughters! This is a good spot for an amen or a hallelujah!!!



When we think about adoption there is one thing we need to grasp. In adoption the parent pursues the child. The child generally has no idea who is coming after them or may not even know that anybody is coming after them at all! Now think about that...God has come in pursuit of you! Not because we deserve that but because God loves you even though we are dirty rotten sinners! Oh thank you God for coming after me!



We are blessed, praise the Father for His amazing love for us, we are blessed, praise the Father for sending His Son to die for us so He can adopt us, we are blessed!!!!



Tomorrow we will look at how much God hates sin!



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