Chapter 12
Of Adoption
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| 1 | I. The foundation of adoption |
| | A. Its recipients: “all those that are justified” |
| | B. It source: “God vouchsafed” |
| | C. Its ground: “in and for the sake of His only Son Jesus Christ” |
| | II. The blessings of adoption |
| | A. Incorporation into God’s family |
| | B. Reception of a filial disposition |
| | C. Experience of paternal treatment by God |
| | D. Reception of the promised inheritance |
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 164-165. Used by permission.