How many of us know when we are adopted we gain full rights to the family you are adopted into? What does that mean in our daily lives?
My brother, sister, and I were adopted by the man my mom married. I remember the judge asking, “Do you want to be adopted?”
Did the judge tell us we have full rights as a child of the family? I have no idea, but I know that when Dad died we three received the same inheritance as the two natural children.
My husband and I adopted our daughter, I remember our judge being very stern when he said, “Do you understand this child has equal rights if you have natural children?”
I have also heard that in ancient Greece if you adopted a child you could not give them up. You could give up your natural child but not one that you adopted. That was for life.
Many people who have received Jesus as their savior don’t realize that it comes with the Holy Spirit which testifies our adoption as sons. (sons= mankind= daughters of God.)
Galatians 4:4-7
God sent His son, born of a woman under the Law, that He might redeem those under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. And because we are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying “Abba, Father!”
Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son, then an heir through God.
Romans 8:14-18
For all who are being led by the Spirit of God these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by where we cry out “Abba Father!”
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God, and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him.
Just hearing we are adopted doesn’t change much, but when we realize we are not orphans, (Psalm 27:10 says God takes us in), and we meditate on it, our lives will change from the inside out.
I know this! God Bless you all with the Joy of The LORD! Amen!
God Is Good!