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NASB | Romans 8:15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God's judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, "Abba! Father!" |
Bible Question (short): Spirit of Adoption/ God as Father |
Question (full): My discipler has given me an assignment...To research and write a paper on the spirit of adoption. I have struggled recently with all concepts of God in my life being shattered and the first one I am tackling is the concept of God as MY father. The difficult comes with trying to reconcile a perfect HEAVENLY father with my earthly father who was at the least abusive. I think the intent is that the research will show me more of God's character. She told me to keep it under 100 pages :) I'd love to hear personal stories or thoughts and I would especially love Scriptural references, commentaries, links etc. References I'm using now is Romans 8 (a good portion of it) as well as talking about slavery vs. servant hood and how it relates and about orphancy. Greatly appreciated! Stephanie |