Model Marriage by Bishop Dag Heward Mills

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Chapter 58


Children by Adoption


There are two ways to have children––the first way is through natural conception and delivery;
the second way is through adoption. Adoption is a beautiful act in which you accept and receive
a child who is not your biological offspring as your very own. This child is then raised by you
just as you would raise a biological child and in the process of time, there is virtually no
difference between a biological child and an adopted child. Both the adopted child and the
biological child are loved equally and are a real part of a family.^1


Advantages of Adoption



  1. Adoption is the process by which all of us came to be a part of Christ’s
    family.
    The Lord adopted us as his very own and we feel accepted as part of the Lord’s own family.
    Adoption is therefore a very deep Christian practice which should not be seen as strange or
    unacceptable. The following verses show us how we were adopted into the Lord’s family.


...I was a stranger and you took me in:

Matthew 25:35

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage...but ye have received the spirit
of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father.

Romans 8:15

...accepted in the beloved.

Ephesians 1:6
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