Mosaic ritual laws (3:20, 28). Rather than something that is merited or earned by legal practices such as circumcision (4:2–5), justification is a free gift of grace (3:24) bestowed on the circumcised and uncircumcised alike who believe (3:30). Divine adoption, though often underappreciated, is arguably the premiere blessing bestowed on the Christian.16 Paul has important things to say about this in Romans, where he proclaims that believers united with Christ and led by the Spirit (8:10–11) are the