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“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15).
In the Old Testament, the children of Israel were responsible to keep the law the Lord had given them. They had voluntarily placed themselves under that law, not realizing that they could not keep it. Even today, every false religion places people in fear, and asks them to do something in order to be saved. But those false religions promise nothing; you can only hope that maybe you will be all right.
The Lord Jesus has now brought every true Christian into peace and blessing, and given us a relationship of real intimacy with God His Father. The word “Abba” in Hebrew is a term of endearment, comparable with the word “daddy” in English. Other languages have similar words for a father. We have been adopted into God’s family, and now can call God our Father.
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