THE SPIRIT WHO CALLS OUT “ABBA FATHER” / GALATIANS 4:6

(KJV) Galatians 4:6

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Because Christians are now God’s children, they have a new “guardian” (Galatians 4:2; not the law or human initiative), which is the Spirit of God (Romans 8:9). One of the Holy Spirit’s tasks is to create in God’s children a feeling of filial love (relating to parents or family) that causes them to know God as their Father.

1. The term “Abba” is Aramaic, meaning “Father.” It was the word Jesus used when referring to His heavenly father. The combining of the Aramaic term “Abba” with the Greek term for father (pater) expresses the depth of intimacy, warmth and confidence by which the Holy Spirit helps us relate to and cry out to God (Mark 14:36; Romans 8:15,26-27). Two sure signs of the Spirit’s work within us are the natural and willing cry to God as “Father” and the natural and willing obedience to Jesus as “Lord” (1 Corinthians 12:3).
2. Though all true believers have the Holy Spirit living within them (Romans 8:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:15-20; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Ephesians 1:13; Hebrews 6:4; 1 John 3:24; 4:13), in this passage Paul may also have in mind the baptism in the Holy Spirit and His continual filling (Acts 1:5; Acts 2:4; Ephesians 5:18). After all, God makes our relationship to Him as children the reason for sending the Spirit. Because we are already “sons” through faith in Christ, God sends the Spirit into our hearts. The receiving of “the full rights of sons” (Galatians 4:5) would refer to spiritual salvation and a right relationship with God, which this passage describes as preceding the sending of “the Spirit of His Son” (Galatians 3:5).

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1. TRUSTEES UNTIL THE TIME SET BY HIS FATHER / GALATIANS 4:2
2. MALE NOR FEMALE / GALATIANS 3:28
3. TO LEAD US TO CHRIST / GALATIANS 3:24
4. WHAT THEN WAS THE PUPOSE OF THE LAW? / GALATIANS 3:19
5. BLESSING GIVEN TO ABRAHAM / GALATIANS 3:14
6. CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE / GALATIANS 3:13
7. THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH / GALATIANS 3:11
8. UNDER A CURSE / GALATIANS 3:10
9. HIS SPIRIT … WORKS MIRACLES / GALATIANS 3:5
10. DID YOU RECEIVE THE SPIRIT BY BELIEVING / GALATIANS 3:2
11. GRACE / RIGHTEOUSNESS / GALATIANS 2:21
12. I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST / GALATIANS 2:20
13. JUSTIFIED BY … FAITH / GALATIANS 2:15-16
14. AFRAID OF … CIRCUMCISION GROUP / GALATIANS 2:12
15. I OPPOSED HIM TO HIS FACE / GALATIANS 2:11
16. REMEMBER THE POOR / GALATIANS 2:10
17. GOD DOES NOT JUDGE BY EXTERNAL APPEARANCE / GALATIANS 2:6
18. NOT GIVE IN TO THEM FOR A MOMENT / GALATIAN 2:5
19. FALSE BROTHERS / GALATIANS 2:4
20. GOD WHO SET ME APART / GALATIANS 1:15-16
21. OR AM I TRYING TO PLEASE MEN? / GALATIANS 1:10
22. LET HIM BE ETERNALLY CONDEMNED! / GALATIANS 1:9
23. A DIFFERENT GOSPEL / GALATIANS 1:6-7
24. RESCUE US FROM THE PRESENT EVIL AGE / GALATIANS 1:3-5
25. NOT INHERIT THE KINDOM OF GOD /GALATIANS 5:21
26. THE SPIRIT … THE SINFUL NATURE / GALATIANS 5:17
27. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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THE SPIRIT WHO CALLS OUT "ABBA FATHER" / GALATIANS 4:6

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Because Christians are now God’s children, they have a new “guardian” (Galatians 4:2; not the law or human initiative), which is the Spirit of God (Romans 8:9).

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Margarita Crews

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