1. We Belong to Him Galatians 4 & Ephesians 1-2

2. Rejected for our adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him Matthew 27:45–46 Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land. At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?”

3. We were born... – slaves of sin and death Rejected for our adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him Aristotle “...there is nothing common to ruler and ruled, there is not friendship either... between craftsman and tool... the slave is a living tool and the tool a lifeless slave.”

4. We were born... – slaves of sin and death – servants of Satan – children of wrath Rejected for our adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him

5. Physical provision Family name Relatives Inheritance Trade Marriage Privileges of adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him

6. Privileges of adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him Hebrews 12:22–23 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven....

7. Redemption Privileges of adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him 1 Peter 1:18–19...you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

8. Redemption Privileges of adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him Ephesians 1:7–8 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us.

9. Redemption Intimacy Privileges of adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. The only One, Himself God, Who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

10. Redemption Intimacy Inheritance Privileges of adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him

11. Psalm 127:3–5 Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.... Privileges of adoption God our Father : We Belong to Him

12. We Belong to Him

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