# “Adopted as sons of God” by Petrus Van Mastricht

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- Published: 2026-02-13T09:30:00-06:00
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“Those united with Christ are adopted as sons of God.

Therefore, those who have been united with Christ, or have fellowship with the Father
and His Son Jesus Christ (**1 John 1:3**), God not only declares righteous, as we
have taught up to this point, but also His sons (**John 1:12**).

And that through the grace:

(1) of predestination, whereby He elected them from eternity to this sonship (**
Eph. 1:5; Rom. 8:29**);

(2) of redemption, and of the merit of His Son (**Gal. 4:4-5**);

(3) of spiritual generation (**John 1:13**) by His Spirit (**John 3:3, 5**);

(4) of union with His own Son, through which they are made brothers of His own and
only begotten Son (**Heb. 2:11**), and have obtained the same heavenly Father with
Him (**John 20:17**);

(5) of promise, whereby to all believers He assigned the ἐξουσία _filiationis_,
the right of sonship (**John 1:12**);

(6) of resurrection from the dead, whereby they will be generated as it were anew
by God (**Luke 20:36**), from which Paul pants so eagerly for the blessed resurrection(**
Phil. 3:11**).”

–Petrus Van Mastricht, _[**Theoretical-Practical Theology: The Application of Redemption and the Church, Volume 5**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFPP85DP?tag=toletaupanre-20)_,
Trans. Todd Rester, Ed. Joel Beeke (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books,
1698/2025), 5: 223.

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