Of Adoption<\/p>\n
All those that are justified, God vouchsafes, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption.<\/em><\/p>\n Amen.<\/p>\n I’m not sure whether adoption is part of the reformed ordo salutis<\/em>, strictly speaking, but it is certainly part of the package we call salvation.\u00a0“Beloved, now are we the sons of God.” (1 John 3:2) \u00a0Are we justified first, and then adopted into God’s family? Or are we justified because we are adopted? \u00a0Following Sinclair Ferguson, we shouldn’t necessarily regard the aspects of salvation as being activated in chain sequence through logical\/causal relationships. \u00a0Rather, the blessings of salvation become ours through the Spirit, exclusively, immediately, simultaneously and eschatologically in Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Of Adoption All those that are justified, God vouchsafes, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption. Amen. I’m not sure whether adoption is part of the reformed ordo salutis, strictly speaking, but it is certainly part of the package we call salvation.\u00a0“Beloved, now are we the … <\/p>\n