Because of the sin-removing and heaven-meriting work of Christ, our whole status changes so that we are now called the children of God. If in adoption we were to receive only the privilege and status of being God’s children, something would still be missing. The adopted child retains the nature of his biological parents; he does not assume the nature of the adoptive parents. God, in His amazing grace, not only gives us the status and privileges of being His children by adoption, but He also gives