# ADOPTION

  Behold what manner of

       love the Father hath

bestowed upon us, that are

  should be called the sons

    of God. Beloved, now are

         we the sons of God

          ( John 3:1_3 ).

# ADOPTION

Having predestined us

  unto the adoption of

children by Jesus Christ to

 himself; according to the

  good pleasure of his will,

to the praise of the glory of

his grace, wherein he hath

 made us accepted in the

             Beloved

      ( Ephesians 1:5,6 )

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God sent forth his son, to 

  redeem them that were

 under the law, that we

might receive the adoption

     of sons, wherefore thou

 art no more a servant, but

  a son; and if a son, then an

    heir of God through Christ

      ( Galatians 4:4,5,7 ).

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And it shall come to pass, 

  that in the place where it

has said unto them, Ye are

   not my people; there shall

they be called the children

          of the living God

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          ( Romans 9:26 ,).

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  But now, O LORD, thou art

our Father; we are the clay,

   and thou our Potter; and

 we all are the work of thy

              hand

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        ( Isaiah 64:8 ).

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     Doubtless thou art our

 Father, through Abraham be

    ignorant of us, and Israel

 acknowledge us not: thou,

  o Lord, art our Father, our

    Redeemer; thy name is

          from everlasting

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          ( Isaiah 62: 16 ).