I get that in verse 14: “All who are led by the Spirit are sons of God.” So the witness of the Spirit is the work of the Spirit giving evidences in our lives that we are the sons of God. He gives evidences that we belong to God. What it means is two things and these are in the text: 1. And I don’t doubt that the devil does whisper that in people’s ears, because it says at the end of days there are going to be people who think they have called Jesus, “Lord,” and they really haven’t. And the devil could do that to an unbeliever. The witness of the Holy Spirit that you are a child of God is not a word whispered in your ear, “You are my child.” That is not the way he does it. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. So let me read the verses, because the verses themselves provide the clue to what Paul means here:Īll who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. This person is thinking about Romans 8:14–16. And so, I really would like to help here if I can. ![]() This is enormously important, because what I have found over the years is that right up there with fear and lust and anger, Christians everywhere at some time deal with the problem of the assurance of salvation: “Am I really a Christian?” Every Christian deals with this at some point, and some Christians, all the time. Ty asks, “What does it mean for the Spirit to bear witness with our spirit that we are children of God (Romans 8:16)?”
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