Romans 8:15
What you received was not a spirit of slavery that would put you back under fear. You received the Spirit of adoption as children, and in the Spirit we call out, "Abba, Father!"
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- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in privileges cites Rom. viii. 15
…to his conscience his acceptation with God, enabling him to behave himself as a child, Rom. viii. 15; Gal. iv. 5, 6. 4. The two last things required to adoption are, that the adopted person…
- The Key Teachings of George MacDonald ·
Our Father cites ROMANS 8:15
…again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. ROMANS 8:15 If one word could stand for the whole of MacDonald’s teaching, it would be the word…
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
“Father!” cites Romans 8:15
…again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15, ASV). The cry of a frightened child to its father is the most basic prayer there is, and…
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Romans 8:15
…Okoyong afraid, able to pray only one word, and stayed. Scriptures to revisit Joshua 1:9; Romans 8:15. Reflection 1. What “Okoyong” are you afraid to enter? 2. What does it mean that courage…
- The God of All Comfort ·
He Spoke to Them of the Father cites Romans 8:15
…but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’” (Romans 8:15). Is this spirit of adoption ruling in your heart, or is it the spirit of fear? Your…
- Practical Religion ·
Prayer cites Rom. viii. 15
…creatures, works in them the feeling of adoption, and makes them cry, "Abba, Father." (Rom. viii. 15.) The Lord Jesus, when He quickens them, gives them a voice and a tongue, and says to…
- How to Succeed in the Christian Life ·
Guidance cites Rom. 8: 15
…to break some of these man-made rules and to get into condemnation. Paul tells us in Rom. 8: 15, “Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the…
- A Short and Easy Method of Prayer ·
Prayer as Noble Action cites Rom. viii. 15
…to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Rom. viii. 15). This spirit is no other than the Spirit of Christ, by whom we participate in His…
- Unspoken Sermons ·
Abba, Father! cites Romans viii. 15
'—the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.' — Romans viii. 15. The hardest, gladdest thing in the world is, to cry Father! from a full heart. I would…
- Purpose in Prayer ·
The Prayer of Faith Never Fails cites Rom. 8:15
…chamber through the “new and living way,” we are enabled to pray in the will of God (Rom. 8:15, 26-27; Gal. 4:6; Eph. 6:18; Jude 20-21). Here is the secret of prevailing prayer, to…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names cites Romans 8:15
…a Spirit of bondage again to fear but a Spirit of adoption whereby we cry, Abba, Father (Romans 8:15). This name of the Holy Spirit is one of the most suggestive of all. We do well to…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Holy Spirit Guiding the Believer into a Life as a Son cites Romans 8:15
…of bondage again to fear,” we have received the Spirit who gives us the p lace of sons (Romans 8:15). Our lives should not be governed by a set of rules without us, but by the loving Spirit…
- Practical Religion ·
The Family of God cites Rom. viii. 15
…of adoption, whereby they cry, Abba Father. (Gal. iii. 26; John iii. 8; 2 Cor. vi. 18; Rom. viii. 15.) They do not regard God with slavish fear, as an austere Being, only ready to punish…
- Practical Religion ·
Heirs of God cites Rom. viii. 15
…again to fear, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba Father." (Rom. viii. 15.) The sons of God are delivered from that slavish fear of God which sin begets in the…
- They Were Young – Book 2: Tested ·
Josephine Bakhita: The Girl Who Said No cites Romans 8:15
…that returns you to fear,” but the Spirit by whom they cry out to God, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15). Bakhita had been a slave since childhood. Now she was being told that she could be a…
- Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 1 ·
Day 19 — Adopted cites Romans 8:15–16
…Father!’ The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.” — Romans 8:15–16 (BSB) In the Roman world Paul lived in, adoption was a serious legal act. A wealthy man…
- Godliness ·
Saving Faith cites Romans 8:15
…never to let go until the Spirit bears witness within your soul, crying, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15, ESV), and you know with certainty that you have passed from death to life (John 5:24…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 11 — The Difference Between the Two Testaments cites Rom. 8:15
…to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry, Abba, Father,” (Rom. 8:15). To the same effect is the passage in the Hebrews, “For ye are not come unto the mount…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 14 — How Two Natures Constitute the Person of the Mediator cites Rom. 8:15
…God by Christ, we “have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father,” (Rom. 8:15). Were not also the holy patriarchs of old reckoned among the sons of God? Yea, trusting…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Wrecked at Jebba cites Romans 8:15
…again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15, ASV). A former slave was telling his hearers that they were not slaves to fear. The…
- The Big Story ·
To the Ends of the Earth cites Romans 8:15
…them His children. He is the “Spirit of sonship,” by whom we call God “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15). That’s the word Jesus used in Gethsemane. Paul is honest that life still hurts. The…
- Spurgeon on the Holy Spirit ·
Adoption—The Spirit and the Cry cites Romans 8:15
…plainly read of the Spirit in our hearts that he is crying “Abba, Father.” The apostle in Romans 8:15 says, “Ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father,” but here…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Rom. 8:15
…Abednego, in the furnace. And when the apostle speaks of the witness of the Spirit, in Rom. 8:15, 16, 17, he has a more immediate respect to what the Christians experienced, in their…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Scriptural Christianity cites Rom. 8:15
…he instantly received the Spirit of adoption, whereby he now cried, “Abba, Father” (Rom. 8:15). Now first it was that he could call Jesus Lord, by the Holy Ghost (1 Cor. 12:3), the…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Spirit of Bondage and of Adoption cites Romans 8:15
…unto fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15. 1. ST. PAUL here speaks to those who are the children of God by faith. “Ye,” saith he…
- Old Paths ·
The Holy Ghost cites Rom. viii. 15
…work of God the Holy Ghost. (John vi. 63; iii. 8; xvi. 9, 10; Eph. iv. 30; 1 Cor. vi. 19; Rom. viii. 15, 16, 26; 2 Thess. ii. 13; Rom. v. 5; xv. 13; Gal. v. 5, 2.5; Rom. viii. 1, 13.) I may not…
- Old Paths ·
The Heart cites Rom. viii. 15
…a praying heart. It has within it “the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry, Abba Father.” (Rom. viii. 15.) Its daily feeling is, “Thy face. Lord, will I seek.” (Psalm xxvii. 8.) It is drawn by…
- Old Paths ·
Faith! cites Rom. viii. 15
…by which he regards God as a reconciled Father, and looks up to Him without fear. (Rom. viii. 15.) He has the testimony of his conscience, sprinkled with Christ’s blood, that weak as he…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Holy Spirit Bearing Witness to Our Sonship cites Romans 8:15-16
…the most precious passages in the Bible regarding the work of the Holy Spirit is found in Romans 8:15-16., “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have…
- Abide in Christ ·
As Your Redemption cites Rom. viii. 11-23
…the dead dwells in the body as the pledge that even our mortal bodies shall be quickened (Rom. viii. 11-23). This faith exercises its sanctifying influence in the willing surrender of the sinful…