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Abundant Life in the Son: A Study of Salvation

us (Romans 8:15). There are many other important benefits also.
Examine the following effects of adoption:

• God gives good gifts (Matthew 7:9–11).
• He gives the necessities of life (Psalm 23:1).
• He gives protection (Psalm 144:1–2).
• He gives instruction (John 14:26).
• He gives correction that arises out of His loving concern for us
(Hebrews 12:7).
• He gives confidence and boldness as we come into His presence
(Hebrews 4:14–16).
• He makes us co-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17).
• He supplies our needs out of His boundless supply (Philippians 4:19).
• He delivers us from legal bondage (Galatians 4:4–5).
• He delivers us from fear (Romans 8:15; 2 Timothy 1:7).
• He brings us into fellowship with Himself (1 John 1:3).

These present blessings and countless others are directed to meeting
believers’ basic needs. The emphasis is on what God does. In adopting
us, God intends to bring glory to His name, and He magnifies His grace
and love. In fact, all that God does in saving us will ultimately bring glory
to His name. Perhaps His glory is nowhere more evident than in the
many blessings that flow out of adoption.

Evidences of Adoption
Adoption is basically an objective work; that is, it takes place outside
of us. We depend primarily on the Word of God to verify the fact of
our sonship. It is, then, the chief external evidence of our adoptive
status. Nevertheless, adoption becomes apparent to us by the things we
experience internally and demonstrate externally. Consider carefully
each of the following scriptural evidences of adoption:

• We are led by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:4; Galatians 5:18).
• We have a sense of belonging to the Father (Galatians 4:5–6).
• We have confidence as we approach our Heavenly Father
(Ephesians 3:12).
• We have love for all the people of God (1 John 2:9–11; 5:1).
• We obey God (1 John 5:1–3).

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