The answer is adoption. Paul uses adoption to describe the new life that people have in Christ.
EXPLANATION
This is the content of Romans 8:15,
"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.'"
In Roman 8:15, it explains that if a person has lived with Christ, then the person’s relationship with God has changed forever. The person is now seen as God’s child, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
In Roman 8:14, Paul wrote that anyone who is led with the Spirit of God is considered as His children. If we believe in God, then we will be freed from slavery to sin, and now we are slaves of righteousness (slaves of God).
Yet, in the next verse, which is Roman 8:15, Paul makes it clearer from misunderstandings, that God actually does not see us at His slave at all, but we are His son. God did not free us from sin just to make us his slave, but we are actually seen as His own children. This also involves the Holy Spirit.
God adopt us as His children by the Holy Spirit. More simply, God changed our status into being His son or His daughter. We are no longer alone and have to walk our ways by ourselves, but we have God as our father to guide us along the way.
LEARN MORE
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KEYWORD: Christ, Christianity, romans, adoption, Paul, adoption in Christianity
Subject: Social Studies
Class: College
Subchapter: Christianity
