Children of God — A Biblical Theology of Adoption 5 | Adoption Completed: The Blessings and Transformation of God’s Children

Episode 2.64

This final episode brings the whole adoption series together by reviewing the Father’s plan, the Son’s costly redemption, and the Spirit’s sealing work—then turning the spotlight onto what Scripture says adoption does in believers. Drawing from Ephesians 1 and Romans 8, the lesson shows that adoption is not only a change of legal status but a lifelong transformation into the likeness of the One who adopted us.

The hosts walk through the blessings Paul lists in Ephesians 1—election, redemption, forgiveness, sealing, inheritance—and show how each of these is an adoption benefit, rooted in God’s eternal love. Then Romans 8 unfolds the lived reality: sons and daughters led by the Spirit, freed from fear, empowered to fight sin, assured of belonging, and destined for glory. Adoption gives believers a new name, a new family, a new identity, and a new future.

The episode emphasizes that God’s children aren’t just declared righteous—they are reshaped, conformed to the image of His Son (Rom. 8:29). Adoption always produces resemblance. The Father who chose us before the foundation of the world is the same Father who will finish the work He began, transforming His children so that the family likeness becomes unmistakable.

Big truth: Adoption is grace past, grace present, and glory future. God claims His children, forms them, keeps them, and brings them home.

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