Worship through Praise: Praise the Father, Part 4

Christians are redeemed, chosen, sons, servants, slaves, friends, citizens, and saints. In verse 5 of our text, we see two more terms that describe our relationship to God. He has "predestined us to adoption". Because of His love, the Father has placed us into the glorious position of beloved sons, making us joint heirs with Christ and participants in the Divine nature. He accomplished this by giving us a new nature that loves Him and desires to please Him, and now the cry of our hearts is "Abba! Father!" Man's will is free to do as it is inclined, and only by a sovereign act of God are we inclined to hate our sin and love the Lord.