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How Theology Of Adoption Leads To Physical Adoption

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The primary motivation for us adopting kids was theology. Not biology. Because our lives are directly related to what we believe, our theology should lead way to our biography.

I learned from the Scriptures that God is an adoptive father. There are no natural born children into the Kingdom of God. All of us, who are in the family, are here by virtue of adoption.

Note: The video above is good, but if you want the shorter version, then click the button below to read a great article by the same guy.

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Skewed Views Of Physical Adoption Lead To Skewed Views Of Spiritual Adoption

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When I hear that phrase “a child of your own” separating the children under my roof from the one born from my womb, and my heart saddens at the misunderstanding of this wild-love that’s been birthed within my home among children who wear another mama’s skin, I can’t help but think of him.

He calls me “his own” when the world and my heart wants to label me forever severed.

Adoption is his great declaration.

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How To Perform Spiritual Adoption

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This man, Randy, stood up after I gave my testimony and made a public declaration of “spiritual adoption”. What Randy and his wife Judy did was publicly declare me their son, at least in the spiritual sense. That means, on a practical level, that they declared their intentions to treat me as if I were one of their own children. They publicly declared that they would show me the love and affection a parent has for a child.

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