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Those who are being led by the Holy Spirit (2)             [Romans 8:14-17]                        Second, let us think about t he cry of “Abba! Father!”   Look at Romans 8:15 – “ For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba!   Father!’”   There are several theories about what or who “a spirit of slavery” and “a spirit of adoption” are mentioned here, but they can be summarized into three: (1) The theory that the spirit of slavery or the spirit of adoption refers to our human spirit; (2) The theory that the spirit of slavery is an evil spirit and the spirit of adoption is the Holy Spirit; and (3) The theory that both the spirit of slavery or the spirit of adoption refers to the Holy Spirit.   I support the third theory, 'Bo...

  ‘Arise  … Go  … Cry’     "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me" (Jonah 1:2).   I summarize the word of God that came to Jonah in three words:   The first word is "Arise".   God commanded the prophet Jonah to "Arise" (v. 2). According to this command, the prophet Jonah “rose up” (v. 3). But he did not go to Nineveh, but ran away to Tarshish. He ‘went down’ to Joppa, 'went down' into the ship (v. 3), ‘went down’ into the hold of the ship, “lain down and fallen sound asleep” (v. 5). To Jonah who fell into a deep sleep, the Gentile captain of the ship went to him and said: "How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish" (v. 6). God used the captain to remind the disobedient Jonah his command “Arise” (v. 2). In other words, the captain’s word "Get up" (v. 6) was an echo of God's "...