
ROMANS 8:15-16 THE SPIRIT HIMSELF BEARS WITNESS WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD
Romans 8:15 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." 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
In the Roman adoption system, four things were consequential to adoption.
First thing that happened was the adopted person lost all relationship to his old family. Everything was gone and he gained all rights to the new family.
Second thing, it followed that he became heir to all the new father's estate.
The third thing that happened, according to Roman law, was that…
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