Implications of Adoption as Sons

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We discuss the various implications of Paul's phrase, "a spirit of adoption as sons," which causes believers to speak to God using "Abba Father." This is contrasted with a spirit of slavery. Slavery to sin describes how everyone is born "in Adam." The implications involve the fact that no one comes into the world as "in Christ" by natural generation. Thus, all are in sin and are slaves to sin until and unless God intervenes through the gospel. The differences between some of those in Adam and others also in Adam are not Paul's concern here. It is true that there are as many personal stories…