“Cry … ‘Abba, Father'”
Learning to Live in the Spirit of Adoption
“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, ‘Abba, Father.'”
Romans 8:15
This study of spiritual adoption will hold many surprises for us. Not only is God the Father treated slightly in most works on theology, but the concept of sonship by spiritual adoption is scarcely understood.
Because of the biblical meaning of the term “adoption,” our study is forced to take a practical approach to the relationship of the believer to the heavenly Father. This approach is demanded by each of the passages in which the phrase “Abba, Father” is found.
Living in the Spirit of Adoption – VA 2015
Gene Cunningham - February 7, 2003
1 John #4
From Series: "1st John - 2007"
John wrote his first epistle to counter the Gnostics - some of whom denied the Deity or even the humanity of Jesus Christ. He wrote to assure his readers of their eternal security and their joy in fellowship (1Jo 5:13 1Jo 1:3 1Jo 1:4)