Monday, June 27, 2011

The Wonder of Adoption

1 Corinthians 3:16-23

 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness," 20and again, "The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile." 21So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, 22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.


1 John 3:1-3

 1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

So, what does it mean that we have been adopted by God?  Do you have a hard time grasping just how much that means?  Make 4 minutes of time and click here and listen

Oh, how quickly I lose my eternal perspective and grumble over the events of this life!  Thank you Father for your forgiveness through the finished work of Your Son Jesus Christ!

1 comment:

  1. That message was a real blessing to hear today. What a profound picture of what is our true reality as children of God.

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