1 John 3:1-3
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.
And everyone who thus hopes in Him purifies himself as He is pure. (ESV)
Introduction
Our full redemption in the Father’s love, by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, according to the Scriptures alone (not secret gnosis), to the glory of God alone.
1. The Blessing of our Adoption
1.1 Rooted in the Father’s Love
1.2 Realised by the Faithful Love.
1.3 Rejected by the Faithless World
2. The Benefits of Our Adoption
The ‘Ordo Salutis’.
2.1 Our Present (by Grace) Faith-based Reality: Justification and Adoption
2.2 Our Future (by Grace) Full Redemption: Glorification – The Beatific Vision
2.3 Our Present (by Grace) Faithful Responsibility: Sanctification.