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CH A P T E R 8

Adoption:

An Inheritance

from God

ouis was neglected by his drunken parents. He lived a life of
misery, fear, and hardship. Gradually, he became hardened
L in his attitudes toward people and bitter in his outlook on life.
The government welfare agency placed him in a number of homes to
care for him; however, because of his hardened condition, no family
could keep him very long. Many families who knew his pathetic story
could have taken him in to their families, but they would not. On the
other hand, one family decided to adopt the boy and made all the legal
arrangements to complete the adoption. However, the family who would
have adopted him could not because the father died.

At last another family took Louis and eventually adopted him. He
responded to their love and concern for him and grew up to be a well-
adjusted adult, later entering the ministry. Today his life is a source of
blessing and comfort for others. But it all began when he was adopted
into a family whose compassion, love, resources, and name gave him a
place of acceptance in society.

God has done the same thing for us. In addition to forgiving our sins
and giving us life through the new birth, He has placed us in His family

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