And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
And because you're his children, God put his Son's Spirit right in your heart, and now it's calling out 'Dad!' to him.
God's Spirit in you makes you family, you get to call the Creator of everything 'Dad.'
📚 Historical Context
In the letter to the Galatians, the apostle Paul was writing to early Christian communities in the region of Galatia, who were being influenced by Jewish teachers insisting on adherence to the Old Testament law for salvation. Paul emphasized that through faith in Christ, believers, regardless of their Jewish or Gentile background, are adopted as God's children and receive the Holy Spirit as a mark of that new relationship. This verse uses the Aramaic term "Abba," reflecting the intimate, familial way Jesus addressed God, to underscore the personal access believers now have to the Father.
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