Is there any way to prove that we are God's children?
In this passage of Romans, Paul brings to mind the elaborate, safe, and secure method of
adoption used by Rome. Adoption was very detailed and difficult. When a son was
adopted, he had to pass out of the possession and control of one man, and the other
became the owner. Three times the symbolism of sale, constituting the adoption was
carried out. The first two times, the father would buy him back, then the third time he
became the property of the adopting father. The adopted person then gained all the rights
