1. What happens when you become a Christian
condemnation
conversion
election
justification
regeneration
TION …
What happens when you become a Christian
adoption
sanctification
glorification

2. #5 adoption

3. #5 adoption

4. #5 adoption
Someone who has just been born again has no idea what just happened!
It would be an honour to serve God as a slave
…but he adopts us as children instead.
Romans 8:15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father’.

5. #5 adoption An adopted child… …moves from fear to security
Isaiah 41:13
For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.

6. #5 adoption An adopted child… …moves from fear to security
…has a forever family

7. #5 adoption An adopted child… …moves from fear to security
…has a forever family
…has a place to call home
Romans 8:23-25 We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

8. #5 adoption An adopted child… …moves from fear to security
…has a forever family
…has a place to call home
…starts to heal