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8:14
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因 為 凡 被 神 的 靈 引 導 的 、 都 是 神 的 兒 子 。
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8:15
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你 們 所 受 的 不 是 奴 僕 的 心 、 仍 舊 害 怕 ． 所 受 的 乃 是 兒 子 的 心 、 因 此 我 們 呼 叫 阿 爸 、 父 。
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8:16
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聖 靈 與 我 們 的 心 同 證 我 們 是 神 的 兒 女 ．
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8:17
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既 是 兒 女 、 便 是 後 嗣 、 就 是 神 的 後 嗣 、 和 基 督 同 作 後 嗣 ． 如 果 我 們 和 他 一 同 受 苦 、 也 必 和 他 一 同 得 榮 耀 。
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14 For those who are led by the Spirit of
God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you received does not make
you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received
brought about your adoption to sonship. And
by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our
spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are
heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his
sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
We are children of God! We are not slaves of God - living merely in fear and servitude. We call our God - Abba, Father. The Holy Spirit we receive brings about our adoption to sonship - enjoying the same privilege of Jesus - being heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, awaiting the future glory God brings to us. This spiritual journey may involve sufferings with Christ but ultimately lead to the future glory that Christ enjoys.
My dear Holy Spirit, testify to my spirit that I know that I am the son of Heavenly Father. Dear Holy Spirit, show the love of heavenly Father to me that I know that I am beloved forever. My spirit, listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit, cast away all fears, anxieties, and restlessness and fill up with God's love in my inner soul. I am a beloved son of my Abba, Father!
V.14 those who ARE led by the spirit of God - there is no double that the Spirit of God is leading us from time to time. God is so willing to do that. There is not a problem to God at all. I afraid, the problem is always on our side, for we would refuse to listen, we would refuse to subject ourselves to the leading of God. Hence, we ARE children of God in fact objectively but not subjectively.
ReplyDeleteV.15 let's not be as the elder son of Luke Chapter 10 but be as the little son and be embraced in the love and richness of the Father
V.16 there is not a problem for the Spirit to bear us witness that we are son of God but, here it talks about our spirit as well. As in "In the Secret of His Presence" by G. H. Knight, our spirit is so awkward to admit the objective fact because we don't have the subjective fact in our own experience. But, I remember, every time I failed, every time I sinned, every time I say to God that I am not worthy of His Mercy, the Spirit would never hesitate to tell that I am a son of God. No a time will I find the Spirit deny of my relationship with God as father and son even I AM REALLY BAD.
V.18 sufferings comes because we need the teaching from God, we have to learn lessons from God. I always have the feelings that God is so care for us - just like we care for our kids, we would avoid some situations from them so they don't get even a scratch but, sometimes, even we foresee something would happen, we would let them to have the experience or lesson.
In the bible, when it talks about our relationship with God as father and son, it teaches us not to fear like "There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love".