Families tend to stick together, especially where there are threats to a family’s reputation to the outside world. Those who believe in the Lord have been brought into the family of God. Though they don’t deserve it, God adopts them into his family. This is a glorious message of hope and assurance that God has adopted his children, even as Christ is our elder brother.

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