Model Marriage by Bishop Dag Heward Mills

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