Privileges of Adoption
John 1:12-14
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:…


By adoption, God gives us —

1. A new name (Numbers 6:27; Revelation 3:12).

2. A new nature (2 Peter 1:4). Whom God adopts He anoints; whom He makes sons, He makes saints.

3. A new inheritance (Romans 8:17). When the Danish missionaries in India were translating a catechism, with some of the convetted natives by their side, and when they came to a part where it was said of Christians that they were the sons of God, one of the natives, startled at so bold a saying, as he thought it, said, "It is too much; let us rather translate it: 'They shall be permitted to kiss His feet.'"



Parallel Verses
KJV: But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

WEB: But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:




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