Adoption | Ep 11

What does it mean to be adopted into God’s family? In this rich and deeply personal episode of All Things for Good, Pastor Josh Strelecki unpacks the doctrine of biblical adoption—a beautiful reality that reveals how believers are not merely saved from sin, but brought near as sons and daughters with full rights and privileges in God’s eternal household.

Drawing from Ephesians, Romans, and Galatians, this episode explains that adoption isn’t simply a rescue—it’s a status of inheritance, identity, and intimate relationship with God the Father. Rooted in the Greco-Roman context of legal sonship, biblical adoption means believers are given the standing of full heirs, joined to Christ, and called by God their Father. Pastor Josh shows how adoption is distinct from justification and forgiveness, yet flows directly from the believer’s union with Christ.

Listeners will learn the difference between being in God's sight and being before Him—and how this links to our current identity and the future hope of glorification. We are already adopted through the Spirit, but we await the redemption of our bodies, the full experience of standing before the Father in holiness and love.

This episode also explains how adoption marks a transition from servanthood under the law to sonship by grace, and how the Spirit of adoption now leads, teaches, and assures us of who we are in Christ. We are not distant guests—we are family, joint-heirs with Christ, sealed by the Spirit, and destined for glory.

Whether you’re seeking to understand your identity in Christ or simply need to be reminded of God’s deep, personal love for you, this episode will help you rest in the truth: You are no longer in Adam—you are a child of God.