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● Gal 4:4-5 . .When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His
son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were
under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
● Eph 1:5 . . Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus
Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.
Adopted children have advantages that foster kids don't have. Adopted
children have a right to their father's name, a right to a place in his
genealogy, and a right to his affections.
Whereas foster kids eventually age-out of their homes, adopted children are
permanent residents because foster kids are more or less guests, whereas
adopted children have a status in the home equal to those born in it.
Foster kids don't have inheritance rights, whereas adopted children do. (Eph
1:11 and Gal 4:7)
At one time I was alienated from God-- I had a lot to answer for, and on a
highway headed straight for Hell; whereas today I'm listed in His family tree,
and in line for an inheritance. Pretty amazing.
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