"God sent His Son, made of a woman, made under the law . . . that we might receive the adoption of sons" (Gal. iv. 4, 5). The Son of God became Son of man so as to make all of us sons of God. We were outcasts, criminals under sentence of punishment, absolutely devoid of any claim to supernatural grace or heavenly glory, "by nature the children of wrath" (Eph. ii. 3). Now we have become children of God, not indeed by nature, but by adoption, on account of Jesus Christ being our brother in the flesh.
Our duty next is to make this more perfect by the exercise of good works, which constitute a practical and active resemblance to God.
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