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There are three references in the New Testament to God "adopting" ('υιοθεσια, uiothesia) Christians as his own children (Galatians 4:5, Romans 8:15 and Ephesians 1:5) and one reference to God adopting the "people of Israel" (Romans 9:4). Adoption as a theological term introduces a relational dimension to the consequences of salvation ...
Cicero said that adoption was an accepted way to ensure the hereditas (transmission) of three aspects of Roman family continuity: the family name , wealth (pecunia), and religious rites . [8] Adoption was appropriate for a man who had no legitimate children, but if there were already legitimate heirs, adoption risked diluting their inheritance ...
Romans 8 is the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It was authored by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [1] with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who added his own greeting in Romans 16:22. [2] Chapter 8 concerns "the Christian's spiritual life".
Francesco Albani's The Baptism of Christ, when Jesus became one with God according to adoptionism. Adoptionism, also called dynamic monarchianism, [1] is an early Christian nontrinitarian theological doctrine, [1] subsequently revived in various forms, which holds that Jesus was adopted as the Son of God at his baptism, his resurrection, or his ascension.
Biblical verses commonly cited as evidence for this doctrine include Psalm 49:15, Daniel 12:2, John 11:23–24, Romans 8:30 and 1 Corinthians 15:20. [1] The theological doctrine of glorification goes on to describe how believers will be resurrected after death and given new bodies that have a degree of continuity with their mortal selves. [1]
Sermon 6*: The Righteousness of Faith - Romans 10:5-8; Sermon 7*: The Way To The Kingdom - Mark 1:15; Sermon 8*: The First Fruits of the Spirit - Romans 8:1; Sermon 9*: The Spirit of Bondage and of Adoption - Romans 8:15; Sermon 10*: The Witness of the Spirit: Discourse One - Romans 8:16; Sermon 11: The Witness of the Spirit: Discourse Two ...
Also, the Aramaic word "Abba" (אבא; Father), is used in Mark 14:36 and in Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:6. [6] The word for Father was chosen to coin the name of the discipline because Paterology involves particular studies of the person of God the Father, and the works of the Father.
Adoption legally constitutes a child the son or daughter of a person that is not that child's birth parent. Similarly, in marriage the married partners are considered one entity legally. [ 18 ] Sinners who believe in Christ are spiritually united with Christ, and that union makes it possible for God to credit believers with the righteousness of ...