Bible Dictionary: Adoption: should Produce Likeness to God

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Matthew 5:44,45,48
But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you, and persecute you;
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Ephesians 5:1
Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;
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Library

Whether it is Fitting that the Whole Trinity Should Adopt?
... would seem unfitting that the whole Trinity should adopt. ... the Person of the Father,
yet to produce any effect ... Reply to Objection 2: By adoption we are made the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is fitting that 5.htm

Degrees of Glory in Heaven.
... them, will they be sensible of the boon; nor, should they enjoy ... likeness of God,
then, he that is introduced into adoption and the ... [3402] To produce this sense ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xiv degrees of glory in.htm

Christ, to Perform the Office of Mediator, Behoved to Become Man.
... in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children ... I should like to know
why Christ is termed ... has a much stronger passage to produce, namely, the ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 12 christ to perform.htm

On Grieving the Holy Spirit
... in ourselves; and he expects we should, this being ... in another place: "Waiting for
the adoption, to wit ... is, properly speaking, holiness; and to produce this in us ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 138 on grieving the.htm

Tenth Proposition of Arminius.
... nature should use any action, or produce any effect ... as previously elected and
predestinated to adoption, from others ... His own decree, until he should also have ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 3/tenth proposition of arminius.htm

CHAP. I. -II. 3 (II. 1).
... the covenants, the promises, and the adoption, Romans 9:4 ... his purpose"viz., that
Judah too should be carried ... in fruitful land, and which shall produce a rich ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap i -ii 3 ii 1.htm

Book iii. The Words of the Lord, I in the Father...
... recognised as having suffered wounds must needs produce the body ... of the Son is that
you should know the ... a theory of arbitrary action, of creation or adoption. ...
/.../hilary/the life and writings of st hilary of poitiers/book iii the words of.htm

They Shall be Called the Children of God
... in the world, yet by virtue of his adoption he is ... melted into tears; the clouds of
desertion produce spiritual rain ... It is sad that the breast should kill any. ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/19 they shall be called.htm

The Doctrines of Salvation A. Repentance. B. Faith. C. ...
... Justification with our standing, and Adoption with our ... even your sanctification,
that ye should abstain from ... ofttimes is intended to "produce the peaceable ...
/.../evans/the great doctrines of the bible/the doctrines of salvation a.htm

Entire Sanctification
... in this life flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification ... to react upon
that cause and produce its annihilation! ... to the graces, so there should be none ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clarke/entire sanctification/entire sanctification.htm

Subtopics

Adoption

Adoption is According to Promise

Adoption is by Faith

Adoption is of God's Grace

Adoption is Through Christ

Adoption is to be Pleaded in Prayer

Adoption of Esther

Adoption of Gentiles, Predicted

Adoption of Joseph's Sons

Adoption of Moses

Adoption: A Privilege of Saints