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Adoption is One Form of Making Disciples
Written by Warren |Posted on January 26, 2010 | Comments
A friend of mine once reacted to our decision for adoption saying that he supports a child via World Vision. Helping a child financially that you are not required to be with is good. And I am happy for this act. However, you cannot make a disciple out of a child whom you barely see. Plus disciple making is not just about feeding the mind. But it includes involvement of the discipler and the disciple in terms of commitment towards the same goal. Discipleship is teaching through one’s life experience. And one way to make disciple is to adopt a child and raise him/her under your own roof and work at introducing him to Christ.
There are currently more than 210 million orphans around the world. This speaks of the degree of commitment Evangelicals have towards making disciples – the great commission given by Christ (Matthew 28:19-20). We have to face the fact that Evangelicals today have ignored their mandate in making disciples. And sadly, we even hear folks, who profess to be believers, that not only are they not supporting the idea of adoption, but they even despise it. If you profess to be a Christian, please, we urge you, make plans in adopting a child. Not only are you taking the child off the streets, but you are working to save a soul for the Kingdom of Christ.
Hazel and I are currently encouraging Christians through our testimonies to be part of building God’s Kingdom through adoption. We hope that our efforts would be an influence to you and be part of God’s workers. We need more workers to be part of this. More and more souls are being lost to eternal damnation even as I write. You may think you cannot afford the money to support this child? Remember, we too were orphans, but Christ didn’t only used money He used His blood by DYING for us in order to adopt us to be God’s children. If we, as Christians, were adopted by Christ, shouldn’t we too adopt helpless children as well? May God be merciful to us all and deepen your conviction dear believer in Christ.
