Chapter 12
Of Adoption
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I. The foundation of adoption |
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A. Its recipients: “all those that are justified” |
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B. It source: “God vouchsafed” |
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C. Its ground: “in and for the sake of His only Son Jesus Christ” |
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II. The blessings of adoption |
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A. Incorporation into God’s family |
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B. Reception of a filial disposition |
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C. Experience of paternal treatment by God |
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D. Reception of the promised inheritance |
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession
of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 164-165. Used by permission.
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