Ephesians 1:5
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Ephesians 1:5. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
After election comes adoption. Men are not by nature the children of God but they are heirs of wrath. And this is very clear, because a man never adopts his own children. But adoption in itself proves that by nature we are not the children of God, but he adopts us. "Then are ye begotten again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." Happy they who know their adoption - who feel in themselves the spirit of children, and can cry, "Abba, Father," as they look up to God tonight. This is in Christ Jesus, for nothing comes to us except by him.