Mon 6 Apr 2009
All Our Obligations Paid
Posted by GlennDavis under Adoption, Resurrection, Sinclair Ferguson
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Adopted Into God’s Family by Jesus’ Resurrection
God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
Eph. 1:5 (NLT)
We are adopted into God’s family through the resurrection of Christ from the dead in which he paid all our obligations to sin, the law, and the devil, in whose family we once lived. Our old status lies in his tomb. A new status is ours through his resurrection.
Sinclair Ferguson, Children of the Living God (Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1989), 4.