BIBLE DOCTRINES 3. ADOPTION (Galatians 4:4-7)
1) ADOPTION WAS ALWAYS PLANNED (v4)
“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law
2) ADOPTION WAS BOUGHT AT A PRICE (v5a)
“…to redeem those who were under the law…”
3) ADOPTION CHANGES IDENTITY (v5b)
“…so that we might receive adoption as sons.”
4) ADOPTION CHANGES DESTINY (v6-7)
v6 – “And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
v7 – “So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.