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“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their trouble…” Over and over again, God tells us in His Word that we are to care for the orphans. God wants the Rescued to become the Rescuers. THE CHURCH IS GOD’S PLAN FOR THE RESCUE OF THE WORLD’S ORPHANS We are the Rescued, Adopted Children of God. Jesus, dear friends, paid the price for our adoption. Galatians 4:4-6 - "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son to redeem those who were under the law so that He could adopt us as His very own children." Galatians 1:4 – “Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.” “For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son” Listen to Paul’s words in Colossians 1:13. I remember several years ago traveling in Houston, TX and seeing a large billboard advertisement that read, “Sister Mary Palm Reader – Natural Born Christian”. You see, none of us are natural-born children of God. It’s about God loving us and adopting us as His own children. Isn’t that incredible? This entire book (Bible) is about adoption. WE WHO BELIEVE ARE THE RESCUED, ADOPTED, CHILDREN OF GOD But now, “How many of you are adopted? Raise your hands. If I had asked earlier how many of you are adopted perhaps a few would have raised your hands. In love He chose in advance for us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will" ( Ephesians 1:4-5 HCSB) "For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. And we begin in an unlikely place with an unlikely passage of Scripture – Ephesians 1:4, 5.
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Today we’re going to talk about children who need to be rescued – the 140 million orphans around the world, the 400,000 Foster Children in America, and Foster Children right here in your community who are modern-day orphans. You were in a hopeless situation, no way out, but someone came just in time and saved you. Have you ever been rescued? Most of us this past week saw the rescue of the man who fell off the cruise ship… Have you ever been rescued? I mean truly rescued.