I am Adopted

From Slavery to Sonship

Soroush Sadeghzadeh | Sun, 30th Apr 2017

Who am I? As Christians, we no longer need to ask this question, but rather are called to worship the one who has created us and as a result, walk in the fullness of who he has made us to be. One of the titles the Bible gives to those who love and worship Jesus is ‘adopted sons’.

In the 1998 movie called ‘Who Am I’, Jackie Chan who plays the role of a highly trained special units force wakes up in a tribal village somewhere in the African veldt, still recovering from injuries sustained in an accident he cannot remember; as a result, when asked for his name by the natives, he responds by asking himself, "Who Am I?", and is referred to as that by the natives.

There are some who ask themselves this question every day: Who am I? As Christians, we no longer need to ask this question, but rather are called to worship the one who has created us and as a result, walk in the fullness of who he has made us to be. One of the titles the Bible gives to those who love and worship Jesus is ‘adopted sons’. If you Google the phrase ‘adopt a…’, you’ll find that you can possibly adopt parts of a rainforest, pets, wild animals etc. With these adoptions, what you get is a certificate, photo, and possibly a cuddly toy, but what you don’t get is a relationship. On this talk, we look at what the Bible says about believers being adopted as sons, and what it means to receive this status.

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