September 18, 2025 4:00 am
The Spirit of adoption brings a new relationship with God, allowing believers to call Him Abba Father and experience direct access to Him. This reconciliation brings confidence in prayer and a new life as a child of God, free from the bondage of fear.
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Yeah. Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Father, Abba Father. They are the sons of God. 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 eight, fourteen to fifteen. Charles Wesley's great hymn, Arise, My Soul, Arise, concludes with a stirring testimony of the joy of salvation. My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear. He owns me for his child.
I can no longer fear. With confidence, I now draw nigh, and father, Abba, father. Cry. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away.
Behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ. As our text explains, once we have received the Spirit of adoption, we are the sons of God. He owns us as His child. This is the new thing.
We who formerly were estranged from our Creator have been reconciled to Him. Old things such as the bondage to fear are passed away. The close-knit ties are strong. For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. I will not fear what men shall do unto me.
Hebrews thirteen, five through six.
Now that he is our father, we have direct access to him. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. as an earthly father desires the best for his children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Matthew seven eleven. And this is the confidence that we have in Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us.
and we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 1 John 5 4. 14-15. This father child relationship goes deep. The term Abba Father reflects a most sensitive and loving bond, perhaps best rendered.
Oh sweet daddy. We pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. Second Corinthians 5. Yeah, yeah. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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