Thematic Bible: Conferred
Thematic Bible
Christian Liberty » Conferred » By the holy ghost
For you have not received a spirit of bondage again causing fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Father, Father! (Chaldee: Abba, meaning father).
Now God is the Spirit and where the Spirit of God is, there is liberty (freedom).
Christian Liberty » Conferred » By Christ
Christ liberated us for freedom (moral liberty). Stand fast therefore, and do not become entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
When we were children, we too were held in bondage. We were slaves to the arrangement of this world. When the full time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Christian Liberty » Conferred » By God
He rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love (the Son he dearly loves).