The Amazing Work of the Spirit in YouSample

You Can Call Him Father

“For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

If the fundamental blessing of the gospel is justification, being declared legally right with God, then the highest blessing of the gospel is adoption, being adopted as God’s own dear children.

God reveals His love for us when He tenderly adopts us as His own. God reached down to us when we were rebel sinners and His enemies. That He would reach down, rescue us, forgive us, and adopt us as His own kids is the most amazing act of love that we can imagine. 

Adoption reveals God’s heart as Father. The perfect, tender, loving Father. He sets us free from a spirit of slavery and fear. Yes, fear assails us, but we can say “no” to fear. We are no longer fear’s slave because we are now God’s sons and daughters. We are sons and daughters of the King. 

So we call him Papa, Daddy, Abba. We bask in his love. We revel in his mercy. We dance in his grace. Believer, see God as Papa. See yourself as adopted, as loved and safe. Rest in the Father’s love.