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Originally Posted by UntoHim
Actually the term "adoption as sons" does not nullify that we have received God's life and nature - they are very simply descriptions of two different aspects of our rich, wonderful and complete salvation.
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I agree with Unto. There is something about the references to adoption that remains positive. There is clearly the aspect of the impartation of life which adoption does not provide. But there is the aspect of selection of will and not just what you get from the natural process of biology that adoption brings to the table.
Ignoring the ability to terminate a pregnancy, you don't get to pick your children (or your parents). You are stuck with what you get. But God chose to provide a way out of our natural birth condition. Without denying that there is an organic aspect, adoption adds the aspect of choosing to bring those not naturally "to the manor born." We were already born, and were in a sorry state. Yet he chose to both die to remove our sin, and bring us into His house to live as his sons and daughters.
To pass by that in favor of only the organic aspect of having the life of Christ within us is to miss an important facet of what we have been brought into. It is more than just the natural organic process. It is also the act of will and choice to include us.
And while I am sure that someone will say that I am just looking for another dig at Lee, I continue to see how he decimated the whole of the revelation of scripture in favor of pet parts. Forget about the wrong theology like the "Christ became . . ." stuff. He willfully omitted much of the record by turning everything into "simply" something else. Even something else that was good.