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Today I want to help Christians put an end to their fear of disobeying God’s laws and my text will be Romans 8:15 and it reads like this:
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!”
Christian bound with a sense of fear can be compared to people living with a tyrannical husband in this way: Fear drives them to fulfill the demands of their partner. Namely, Christians rightly know that God’s laws must still be obeyed, and that they are woefully unable to do so.
Now, Christians who have allowed themselves to be embraced with the spirit of adoption can be compared to those living with a loving husband in this way: While they know the importance of tending to certain standards that create and maintain healthy marriages, they work at this joyfully knowing that their spouse works with them, and for them and in spite of them.
The way out of enslavement to the spirit of fear is to embrace the reality that God through Christ has given you the legal right to be divorced from the tyranny of FEAR in order to be wed to your beloved, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God.