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SERMON NOTES
Subject: Blessing #3 - “We were Adopted
Speaker: Dr. A. Burge Troxel
Date: July 8, 2007
Scripture: Ephesians 1:5, Galatians 4:4-8
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The Book of Ephesians
!! The Spiritual Blessing of
!! Being Adopted
!! Ephesians 1:5
Introduction:
Review of Blueprint for the Church – Eph 2:21, 4:16, 1:3
Blessing #3 – We are Adopted
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! God’s Blueprint = TOGETHERNESS
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Ephesians 4:16
!! “From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”
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! Outline
!! The Spiritual Foundation 1-3
!!! What to Believe
!! The Spiritual Structure 4-6
!!! How to Behave
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The Spiritual Foundation
!! Spiritual Blessings
!! Spiritual Salvation
!! Spiritual Union
!! Spiritual Mystery
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! Ephesians 1:3
!! “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”
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! Spiritual Blessings – 1:3-14
!! We are Chosen
!! We are Predestined
!! We are Adopted
!! We are Redeemed
!! We are Forgiven
!! We are Sealed
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JOKE?
A woman has twins.
Unfortunately due to her financial situation, she gives them up for adoption.
One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named “Amal.”
The other goes to a family in Spain they name him “Juan.”
Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mom.
Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Amal.
Her husband responds, “But they are twins—if you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Amal.”
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! Ephesians 1:5
!! “he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—”
! Galatians 4:4-5 (NAS)
!! 4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, 5so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
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! Galatians 4:7
!! “So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.”
! [Spiritual] Adoption
!! • We Were Slaves to Sin
!! • We Are Adopted Sons
!! • We Will Be Heirs with Christ
Comparison with Physical Adoption.
Physical Spiritual
Orphans – No one to care for us.
Parents unable for whatever reasons to look after their child.
Alone.
Orphanage or foster Home.
No special identity in a family.
Lost.
I’m sure orphans sometimes have terrible feelings.
Maybe they have been passed over for adoption or sent home.
And, then one day a Husband & Wife come and say.
We want you to be a member of our family.
What love and care that orphan must have felt.
I can’t imagine.
Perhaps someone here could.
So suddenly this orphan become a member of a particular family.
And everything change.
The past is not so important anymore.
What is important is the now and the new and wonderful future that is possible.
What Is Physical Adoption?
A small girl recently gave her definition of the word “adoption.”
“It is when you love someone and you ask them to come and live with you.”
Simplicity is still the best way to say a thing, is it not?
God loves us too, and He wants to adopt us as sons and daughters—how about it?
Would you come and live with Him?
*Love Without Coercion*
My wife and I waited 15 years for a child that never came by the natural way.
However we were approached one day with a lead of a newborn not yet born.
I remember standing in front of the judge on our day of adoption.
He pointed his finger and asked of me, “Is anyone coercing you to adopt this little boy?”
After we had assured him that we were doing so out of love for our sin, he made this statement.
“From today on, he is your son.
He may disappoint you, even grieve you but he is your son.
Everything you own one day will be his and he will bear your name.”
Then he looked to the clerk and gave this command.
“So order a change in this child’s birth certificate and may it reflect that these are the parents of this child.”
It was then that I realized that my Heavenly Father loved me so much that, without coercion, He loved me and gave His all to me.
On that day, He changed my name and I gladly bear His name and His image.
Gerald Penix
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We Were Slaves to Sin – Rom 6:17a [Not Orphans
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! Romans 6:17a
!! “But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, . .
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Past Tense – Sin should not longer be our master.
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Leading to death – Rom 6:16
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! Romans 6:16
!! “Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?”
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