{"id":4152,"date":"2016-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/in-love-he-predestined-us-for-adoption-to-himself-as-sons-through-jesus-christ-according-to-the-purpose-of-his-will-ephesians-14-5-esv\/"},"modified":"2016-09-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T00:00:00","slug":"in-love-he-predestined-us-for-adoption-to-himself-as-sons-through-jesus-christ-according-to-the-purpose-of-his-will-ephesians-14-5-esv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/in-love-he-predestined-us-for-adoption-to-himself-as-sons-through-jesus-christ-according-to-the-purpose-of-his-will-ephesians-14-5-esv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;&#8230;In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will&#8221; (Ephesians 1:4-5 ESV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>God&#8217;s motive for adoption is here explained. It was &#8220;in love&#8221; that God chose us before we knew Him. It was God&#8217;s love that moved Him to save us and to give us the rights of sonship through adoption (John 1:12). While the doctrines of regeneration and justification describe our salvation from sin and death (Romans 8:2), the doctrine of adoption describes our new relationship as a beloved child of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God&#8217;s motive for adoption is here explained. It was &#8220;in love&#8221; that God chose us before we knew Him. It was God&#8217;s love that moved Him to save us and to give us the rights of sonship through adoption (John 1:12). While the doctrines of regeneration and justification describe our salvation from sin and death (Romans 8:2), the doctrine of adoption describes our new relationship as a beloved child of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1316],"scripture-chapter":[1334],"oyb_day":[1792],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4152","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-ephesians","scripture-chapter-1334","oyb_day-september-22"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}