WHAT ABOUT WHEN I DON’T BELONG?
…WHEN I DON’T FIT IN?
…WHEN I FEEL ALONE?

ISAIAH 9:6
FOR TO US A CHILD IS BORN,
TO US A SON IS GIVEN,
AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE
ON HIS SHOULDERS.
AND HE WILL BE CALLED
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER,
PRINCE OF PEACE.

EVERLASTING
FATHER
ISAIAH 9:6

‫ַד‬‫ע‬
FATHER
‫ָאב‬
EVERLASTING
ETERNAL
WITHOUT END

BECAUSE JESUS IS GOD
WHY JESUS?

JOHN 1:1, 14
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God...
The Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us

WHY JESUS BECAME FLESH

ROMANS 8:1-3
Therefore, there is now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus,
because through Christ Jesus the law
of the Spirit who gives life has set you
free from the law of sin and death.
For what the law was powerless to do
because it was weakened by the flesh,
God did by sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.
WHY JESUS BECAME FLESH

ROMANS 10:9
If you declare with your mouth,
“Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved.
WHY JESUS BECAME FLESH

BECAUSE JESUS IS GOD
WHY JESUS?
BECAUSE JESUS’ SACRIFICE RESULTED IN
MY SALVATION

GALATIANS 4:4-5
But when the set time had
fully come, God sent his Son,
born of a woman, born under the
law, to redeem those under the law,
that we might receive
adoption to sonship.

What is a Christian?
The question can be answered
in many ways,
but the richest answer I know
is that a Christian is
one who has God as Father.
J.I.Packer – Knowing God

BECAUSE JESUS IS GOD
WHY JESUS?
BECAUSE JESUS’ SACRIFICE RESULTED IN
MY SALVATION
BECAUSE HIS REDEMPTION ENABLES
MY ADOPTION

CHOSEN AND LOVED
WHAT KIND OF CHILD AM I?

EPHESIANS 1:4-5
…In love he predestined us
for adoption to sonship
through Jesus Christ, in accordance
with his pleasure and will

If anybody understands God’s ardor
for his children, it’s someone who has
rescued an orphan from despair,
for that is what God has done for us.
God has adopted you.
God sought you, found you,
signed the papers
Max Lucado

ROMANS 8:15
The Spirit you received does not
make you slaves,
so that you live in fear again; rather,
the Spirit you received brought about
your adoption to sonship.
And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

CHOSEN AND LOVED
WHAT KIND OF CHILD AM I?

ROMANS 8:17
Now if we are children,
then we are heirs - heirs of God
and co-heirs with Christ,
if indeed we share in his sufferings
in order that we may also
share in his glory.

All that Christ claims as His
will belong to all of us as well!
How rich in significance is the fact
that we are full members of
an eternal family
in which God is our Father and
Jesus Christ our elder brother.
Robert Mounce

CHOSEN AND LOVED
WHAT KIND OF CHILD AM I?
VALUABLE HEIR

WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD, PRINCE OF PEACE
WHAT KIND OF FATHER IS HE?

WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD, PRINCE OF PEACE
WHAT KIND OF FATHER IS HE?
GOOD, MERCIFUL, LOVING, HOLY

WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD, PRINCE OF PEACE
WHAT KIND OF FATHER IS HE?
GOOD, MERCIFUL, LOVING, HOLY
PROVIDER

WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD, PRINCE OF PEACE
WHAT KIND OF FATHER IS HE?
GOOD, MERCIFUL, LOVING, HOLY
PROVIDER
EVERLASTING

ROMANS 8:38-39
…I am convinced that neither death
nor life, neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers,
neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation, will
be able to separate us from the love
of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

WONDERFUL COUNSELOR,
MIGHTY GOD, PRINCE OF PEACE
WHAT KIND OF FATHER IS HE?
GOOD, MERCIFUL, LOVING, HOLY
PROVIDER
EVERLASTING

HAVE I ACCEPTED GOD’S ADOPTION?
WHEN I FEEL ALONE…

HAVE I ACCEPTED GOD’S ADOPTION?
WHEN I FEEL ALONE…
HAVE I BEEN ADOPTED
BUT AM NOW ESTRANGED?