Adopted Children

Are adopted (rather than biological) children in a Christian family part of the covenant? What Bible references can you suggest for your view? The short answer is, “Yes! Absolutely!” Salvation in neither the Old Testament nor the New Testament is biological. Sin is biological, that is, it is passed from father to son on account of Adam’s guilt, but grace is not. We begin with Abraham, the father of the faithful. God promised to save Abraham’s seed, by which he meant to save his elect...