Laurelwood Baptist Church
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  • Laurelwood Baptist Church
    17015 NE 6th St, Vancouver, WA 98684, USA
    Sunday 10:15 AM

Welcome to Laurelwood Baptist Church

We believe that the Bible is God's Word that helps us face all the opportunities and challenges that come our way.

http://www.laurelwoodbc.com
“Adopted by God”
Ephesians 1:4-6

What does it means to be adopted by God and what does that mean to us? Let's unpack all of this, and learn why it is so important to God as we continue to explore our Gospel Identity.
Chosen - Election
God’s sovereign freedom of ______.
The ______, not the result, of faith.
It is ______- it will come to pass.
God’s ______whom He will.
Predestined- Foreordination
God’s _____regarding His sovereign choice.
The ______of God’s choosing those who will believe.
It is the goal or ______of God’s choosing.
God’s ______of what they will become.
John 6: Sovereignty of God
Vs. 37, “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.”
Vs. 44, “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.”
Vs. 65 “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.”
John 6: Human Responsibility
Vs.29, “This is the word of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
Vs. 35, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.”
Vs. 65 “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.”
Vs. 40, “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
Kenneth G. Howkins
“History is not just what happens, but what the
living God does.”

Why did God adopt you into His family?
•First, He adopted you because it _____Him to do it.
•Second, He adopted you because it allowed Him to _____you more fully.
•Third, and most importantly, He adopted you because it brings Him _____and _____.