RE: [TruthTalk] Whatever It Would Take

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Clifton Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 3:47 PM To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Whatever It Would Take   Debbie Sawczak wrote: Echo.   Debbie Now, think about it: adoption does not require a fall in order to take place; it requires Jesus Christ. The "plan" from the beginning has remained the same: God's desire has always been to bring Adam and his descendants into communion with himself, through his Son, in the Holy Spirit, and to do this by way of adoption in and through and by his Son, Jesus Christ. The most emphatic and wonderful news about it all is that he was willing to go to whatever length necessary to bring about this end. No matter what his creation did, he would do that which was necessary to see his plan to fruition. When Adam sinned, and introduced death into the equation, it meant that he would then have to do something to defeat death and re-gather and reclaim and revivify his creation. It meant that his Son would have to go to the cross before "adoption" could be complete. Plan B? No! It is Love!! ====================================================== What if we use the word "redeemed" instead of the word "adopted"?  In your opinion, would that make a difference? Terry   All the difference in the world, Terry.  The redeemed are then adopted into the family of God. (Not the fallen.) Izzy