Westminster Confession, Chapter 12
Of Adoption
All those that are justified God vouchsafeth, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption; by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God; have his name put upon them; receive the Spirit of adoption; have access to the throne of grace with boldness; are enabled to cry, Abba, Father; are pitied, protected, provided for, and chastened by him as by a father; yet never cast off, but sealed to the day of redemption, and inherit the promises, as heirs of everlasting salvation.
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Galatians 4:4-54But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
Ephesians 1:55He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Jeremiah 14:99Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
2 Corinthians 6:1818And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Revelation 3:1212The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
John 1:1212But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
Romans 8:1717And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Romans 5:22through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Ephesians 3:1212In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
Romans 8:1515For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Psalms 103:1313As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Galatians 4:66And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Matthew 6:3030If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Matthew 6:3232For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
1 Peter 5:77Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
Proverbs 14:2626He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Hebrews 12:66For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Ephesians 4:3030And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Lamentations 3:3131For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
Hebrews 1:1414Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
1 Peter 1:3-43Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
Hebrews 6:1212Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
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