Romans 8:15 This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Pa...

8:15 MSG

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The Message - This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him! * * *
新标点和合本 - 你们所受的，不是奴仆的心，仍旧害怕；所受的，乃是儿子的心，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸！父！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们所领受的不是奴仆的灵，仍旧害怕；所领受的是儿子名分的灵，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸，父！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们所领受的不是奴仆的灵，仍旧害怕；所领受的是儿子名分的灵，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸，父！”
当代译本 - 你们接受的圣灵不是使你们做奴隶，仍旧害怕，而是使你们做儿子，可以称上帝为“阿爸，父亲”。
圣经新译本 - 你们接受的，不是奴仆的灵，使你们仍旧惧怕；你们接受的，是使人成为嗣子的灵，使我们呼叫“阿爸、父”。
中文标准译本 - 就是说，你们所领受的不是一个奴役的灵，使你们再有惧怕；相反，你们所领受的是使你们有儿子名份的圣灵——藉着他，我们呼叫：“阿爸！父啊！”
现代标点和合本 - 你们所受的不是奴仆的心，仍旧害怕；所受的乃是儿子的心，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸！父！”
和合本（拼音版） - 你们所受的不是奴仆的心，仍旧害怕；所受的乃是儿子的心，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸，父！”
New International Version - The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
New International Reader's Version - The Spirit you received doesn’t make you slaves. Otherwise you would live in fear again. Instead, the Holy Spirit you received made you God’s adopted child. By the Spirit’s power we call God Abba. Abba means Father.
English Standard Version - 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!”
New Living Translation - So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
Christian Standard Bible - For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!”
New American Standard Bible - For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
New King James Version - For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
Amplified Bible - For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, “ Abba! Father!”
American Standard Version - For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
King James Version - For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
New English Translation - For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”
World English Bible - For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
新標點和合本 - 你們所受的，不是奴僕的心，仍舊害怕；所受的，乃是兒子的心，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸！父！」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們所領受的不是奴僕的靈，仍舊害怕；所領受的是兒子名分的靈，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸，父！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們所領受的不是奴僕的靈，仍舊害怕；所領受的是兒子名分的靈，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸，父！」
當代譯本 - 你們接受的聖靈不是使你們做奴隸，仍舊害怕，而是使你們做兒子，可以稱上帝為「阿爸，父親」。
聖經新譯本 - 你們接受的，不是奴僕的靈，使你們仍舊懼怕；你們接受的，是使人成為嗣子的靈，使我們呼叫“阿爸、父”。
呂振中譯本 - 你們並不是領受了奴役之靈，以致重陷於懼怕；你們乃是領受了被立為子的靈；憑着這樣的靈、我們來呼叫：「阿爸！父啊！」的。
中文標準譯本 - 就是說，你們所領受的不是一個奴役的靈，使你們再有懼怕；相反，你們所領受的是使你們有兒子名份的聖靈——藉著他，我們呼叫：「阿爸！父啊！」
現代標點和合本 - 你們所受的不是奴僕的心，仍舊害怕；所受的乃是兒子的心，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸！父！」
文理和合譯本 - 蓋爾曹非受為奴之神、復致畏懼、乃受為子之神、因而呼曰阿爸父也、
文理委辦譯本 - 今而後、爾非奴之操心危、所操者乃子之心、籲曰、阿爸父也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾曹所受之神、非使爾自視為奴、致仍畏懼、爾曹所受之神、乃使爾自視為子、我儕由之而呼阿巴、父也、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋爾所受者、非畏首畏尾之奴隸情緒；爾所受者、乃為呼爺喚父之兒女精神也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Y ustedes no recibieron un espíritu que de nuevo los esclavice al miedo, sino el Espíritu que los adopta como hijos y les permite clamar: «¡Abba! ¡Padre!»
현대인의 성경 - 여러분은 다시 두려워해야 할 종의 영을 받은 것이 아니라 하나님의 아들이 되게 하는 성령을 받았습니다. 그래서 우리는 성령님을 통해 하나님을 “나의 아버지” 라고 부릅니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вы получили не дух рабства, чтобы опять жить в страхе, а Духа усыновления, Которым мы и обращаемся к Богу: «Абба! Отец!»
Восточный перевод - Вы получили не дух рабства, чтобы опять жить в страхе, а Духа усыновления, Которым мы и обращаемся к Всевышнему: «Дорогой Отец!»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вы получили не дух рабства, чтобы опять жить в страхе, а Духа усыновления, Которым мы и обращаемся к Всевышнему: «Дорогой Отец!»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вы получили не дух рабства, чтобы опять жить в страхе, а Духа усыновления, Которым мы и обращаемся к Всевышнему: «Дорогой Отец!»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - En effet, vous n’avez pas reçu un Esprit qui fait de vous des esclaves et vous ramène à la crainte : non, vous avez reçu l’Esprit en conséquence de votre adoption par Dieu comme ses fils et ses filles. Car c’est par cet Esprit que nous crions : Abba , c’est-à-dire Père !
リビングバイブル - ですから私たちは、奴隷のようにいつもびくびくする必要はありません。神の家族の中に子どもとしてあたたかく迎え入れられたのですから、実の子どもらしくふるまい、神を「お父さん」と呼べるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - οὐ γὰρ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα δουλείας πάλιν εἰς φόβον ἀλλ’ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας ἐν ᾧ κράζομεν· αββα ὁ πατήρ.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὐ γὰρ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα δουλείας πάλιν εἰς φόβον, ἀλλὰ ἐλάβετε Πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας, ἐν ᾧ κράζομεν, Ἀββά, ὁ Πατήρ!
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois vocês não receberam um espírito que os escravize para novamente temerem, mas receberam o Espírito que os torna filhos por adoção, por meio do qual clamamos: “Aba , Pai”.
Hoffnung für alle - Denn der Geist Gottes, den ihr empfangen habt, führt euch nicht in eine neue Sklaverei, in der ihr wieder Angst haben müsstet. Er hat euch vielmehr zu Gottes Söhnen und Töchtern gemacht. Jetzt können wir zu Gott kommen und zu ihm sagen: »Abba , lieber Vater!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Thánh Linh ngự trong anh chị em không bao giờ đem anh chị em trở về vòng nô lệ khủng khiếp của ngày xưa, nhưng Ngài đưa anh chị em lên địa vị làm con nuôi, nhờ thế anh chị em được gọi Đức Chúa Trời là “A-ba, Cha.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ท่านไม่ได้รับวิญญาณซึ่งทำให้ท่านเป็นทาสของความกลัวอีก แต่ท่านได้รับพระวิญญาณผู้ทำให้ท่านเป็นบุตรของพระเจ้า และโดยพระองค์ เราร้องว่า “อับบา พ่อ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และท่านไม่ได้รับวิญญาณแห่งทาสซึ่งนำไปสู่ความกลัวได้อีก แต่ท่านได้พระวิญญาณแห่งการได้รับการยกฐานะเป็นบุตร และเราร้องเรียกว่า “อับบา พระบิดา” ได้ก็เพราะพระวิญญาณ

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Acts 16:29 - The jailer got a torch and ran inside. Badly shaken, he collapsed in front of Paul and Silas. He led them out of the jail and asked, “Sirs, what do I have to do to be saved, to really live?” They said, “Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you’ll live as you were meant to live—and everyone in your house included!”
Acts 2:37 - Cut to the quick, those who were there listening asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers! Brothers! So now what do we do?”
James 2:19 - Do I hear you professing to believe in the one and only God, but then observe you complacently sitting back as if you had done something wonderful? That’s just great. Demons do that, but what good does it do them? Use your heads! Do you suppose for a minute that you can cut faith and works in two and not end up with a corpse on your hands?
Numbers 17:12 - The People of Israel said to Moses, “We’re as good as dead. This is our death sentence. Anyone who even gets close to The Dwelling of God is as good as dead. Are we all doomed?”
Luke 8:37 - Later, a great many people from the Gerasene countryside got together and asked Jesus to leave—too much change, too fast, and they were scared. So Jesus got back in the boat and set off. The man whom he had delivered from the demons asked to go with him, but he sent him back, saying, “Go home and tell everything God did in you.” So he went back and preached all over town everything Jesus had done in him.
John 16:8 - “When he comes, he’ll expose the error of the godless world’s view of sin, righteousness, and judgment: He’ll show them that their refusal to believe in me is their basic sin; that righteousness comes from above, where I am with the Father, out of their sight and control; that judgment takes place as the ruler of this godless world is brought to trial and convicted.
Hebrews 12:18 - Unlike your ancestors, you didn’t come to Mount Sinai—all that volcanic blaze and earthshaking rumble—to hear God speak. The earsplitting words and soul-shaking message terrified them and they begged him to stop. When they heard the words—“If an animal touches the Mountain, it’s as good as dead”—they were afraid to move. Even Moses was terrified.
Hebrews 12:22 - No, that’s not your experience at all. You’ve come to Mount Zion, the city where the living God resides. The invisible Jerusalem is populated by throngs of festive angels and Christian citizens. It is the city where God is Judge, with judgments that make us just. You’ve come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel’s—a homicide that cried out for vengeance—became a proclamation of grace.
John 20:17 - Jesus said, “Don’t cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.’”
Luke 11:2 - So he said, “When you pray, say, Father, Reveal who you are. Set the world right. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.”
Ephesians 1:11 - It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
Ephesians 1:13 - It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This down payment from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.
Jeremiah 3:19 - “I planned what I’d say if you returned to me: ‘Good! I’ll bring you back into the family. I’ll give you choice land, land that the godless nations would die for.’ And I imagined that you would say, ‘Dear father!’ and would never again go off and leave me. But no luck. Like a false-hearted woman walking out on her husband, you, the whole family of Israel, have proven false to me.” God’s Decree.

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交叉引用

The Message - This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?” God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him! * * *
新标点和合本 - 你们所受的，不是奴仆的心，仍旧害怕；所受的，乃是儿子的心，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸！父！”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们所领受的不是奴仆的灵，仍旧害怕；所领受的是儿子名分的灵，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸，父！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们所领受的不是奴仆的灵，仍旧害怕；所领受的是儿子名分的灵，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸，父！”
当代译本 - 你们接受的圣灵不是使你们做奴隶，仍旧害怕，而是使你们做儿子，可以称上帝为“阿爸，父亲”。
圣经新译本 - 你们接受的，不是奴仆的灵，使你们仍旧惧怕；你们接受的，是使人成为嗣子的灵，使我们呼叫“阿爸、父”。
中文标准译本 - 就是说，你们所领受的不是一个奴役的灵，使你们再有惧怕；相反，你们所领受的是使你们有儿子名份的圣灵——藉着他，我们呼叫：“阿爸！父啊！”
现代标点和合本 - 你们所受的不是奴仆的心，仍旧害怕；所受的乃是儿子的心，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸！父！”
和合本（拼音版） - 你们所受的不是奴仆的心，仍旧害怕；所受的乃是儿子的心，因此我们呼叫：“阿爸，父！”
New International Version - The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
New International Reader's Version - The Spirit you received doesn’t make you slaves. Otherwise you would live in fear again. Instead, the Holy Spirit you received made you God’s adopted child. By the Spirit’s power we call God Abba. Abba means Father.
English Standard Version - 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!”
New Living Translation - So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
Christian Standard Bible - For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!”
New American Standard Bible - For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
New King James Version - For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
Amplified Bible - For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, “ Abba! Father!”
American Standard Version - For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
King James Version - For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
New English Translation - For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”
World English Bible - For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
新標點和合本 - 你們所受的，不是奴僕的心，仍舊害怕；所受的，乃是兒子的心，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸！父！」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們所領受的不是奴僕的靈，仍舊害怕；所領受的是兒子名分的靈，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸，父！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們所領受的不是奴僕的靈，仍舊害怕；所領受的是兒子名分的靈，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸，父！」
當代譯本 - 你們接受的聖靈不是使你們做奴隸，仍舊害怕，而是使你們做兒子，可以稱上帝為「阿爸，父親」。
聖經新譯本 - 你們接受的，不是奴僕的靈，使你們仍舊懼怕；你們接受的，是使人成為嗣子的靈，使我們呼叫“阿爸、父”。
呂振中譯本 - 你們並不是領受了奴役之靈，以致重陷於懼怕；你們乃是領受了被立為子的靈；憑着這樣的靈、我們來呼叫：「阿爸！父啊！」的。
中文標準譯本 - 就是說，你們所領受的不是一個奴役的靈，使你們再有懼怕；相反，你們所領受的是使你們有兒子名份的聖靈——藉著他，我們呼叫：「阿爸！父啊！」
現代標點和合本 - 你們所受的不是奴僕的心，仍舊害怕；所受的乃是兒子的心，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸！父！」
文理和合譯本 - 蓋爾曹非受為奴之神、復致畏懼、乃受為子之神、因而呼曰阿爸父也、
文理委辦譯本 - 今而後、爾非奴之操心危、所操者乃子之心、籲曰、阿爸父也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾曹所受之神、非使爾自視為奴、致仍畏懼、爾曹所受之神、乃使爾自視為子、我儕由之而呼阿巴、父也、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋爾所受者、非畏首畏尾之奴隸情緒；爾所受者、乃為呼爺喚父之兒女精神也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Y ustedes no recibieron un espíritu que de nuevo los esclavice al miedo, sino el Espíritu que los adopta como hijos y les permite clamar: «¡Abba! ¡Padre!»
현대인의 성경 - 여러분은 다시 두려워해야 할 종의 영을 받은 것이 아니라 하나님의 아들이 되게 하는 성령을 받았습니다. 그래서 우리는 성령님을 통해 하나님을 “나의 아버지” 라고 부릅니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вы получили не дух рабства, чтобы опять жить в страхе, а Духа усыновления, Которым мы и обращаемся к Богу: «Абба! Отец!»
Восточный перевод - Вы получили не дух рабства, чтобы опять жить в страхе, а Духа усыновления, Которым мы и обращаемся к Всевышнему: «Дорогой Отец!»
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вы получили не дух рабства, чтобы опять жить в страхе, а Духа усыновления, Которым мы и обращаемся к Всевышнему: «Дорогой Отец!»
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вы получили не дух рабства, чтобы опять жить в страхе, а Духа усыновления, Которым мы и обращаемся к Всевышнему: «Дорогой Отец!»
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - En effet, vous n’avez pas reçu un Esprit qui fait de vous des esclaves et vous ramène à la crainte : non, vous avez reçu l’Esprit en conséquence de votre adoption par Dieu comme ses fils et ses filles. Car c’est par cet Esprit que nous crions : Abba , c’est-à-dire Père !
リビングバイブル - ですから私たちは、奴隷のようにいつもびくびくする必要はありません。神の家族の中に子どもとしてあたたかく迎え入れられたのですから、実の子どもらしくふるまい、神を「お父さん」と呼べるのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - οὐ γὰρ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα δουλείας πάλιν εἰς φόβον ἀλλ’ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας ἐν ᾧ κράζομεν· αββα ὁ πατήρ.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - οὐ γὰρ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα δουλείας πάλιν εἰς φόβον, ἀλλὰ ἐλάβετε Πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας, ἐν ᾧ κράζομεν, Ἀββά, ὁ Πατήρ!
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois vocês não receberam um espírito que os escravize para novamente temerem, mas receberam o Espírito que os torna filhos por adoção, por meio do qual clamamos: “Aba , Pai”.
Hoffnung für alle - Denn der Geist Gottes, den ihr empfangen habt, führt euch nicht in eine neue Sklaverei, in der ihr wieder Angst haben müsstet. Er hat euch vielmehr zu Gottes Söhnen und Töchtern gemacht. Jetzt können wir zu Gott kommen und zu ihm sagen: »Abba , lieber Vater!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Thánh Linh ngự trong anh chị em không bao giờ đem anh chị em trở về vòng nô lệ khủng khiếp của ngày xưa, nhưng Ngài đưa anh chị em lên địa vị làm con nuôi, nhờ thế anh chị em được gọi Đức Chúa Trời là “A-ba, Cha.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ท่านไม่ได้รับวิญญาณซึ่งทำให้ท่านเป็นทาสของความกลัวอีก แต่ท่านได้รับพระวิญญาณผู้ทำให้ท่านเป็นบุตรของพระเจ้า และโดยพระองค์ เราร้องว่า “อับบา พ่อ”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และท่านไม่ได้รับวิญญาณแห่งทาสซึ่งนำไปสู่ความกลัวได้อีก แต่ท่านได้พระวิญญาณแห่งการได้รับการยกฐานะเป็นบุตร และเราร้องเรียกว่า “อับบา พระบิดา” ได้ก็เพราะพระวิญญาณ

Acts 16:29 - The jailer got a torch and ran inside. Badly shaken, he collapsed in front of Paul and Silas. He led them out of the jail and asked, “Sirs, what do I have to do to be saved, to really live?” They said, “Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you’ll live as you were meant to live—and everyone in your house included!”
Acts 2:37 - Cut to the quick, those who were there listening asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers! Brothers! So now what do we do?”
James 2:19 - Do I hear you professing to believe in the one and only God, but then observe you complacently sitting back as if you had done something wonderful? That’s just great. Demons do that, but what good does it do them? Use your heads! Do you suppose for a minute that you can cut faith and works in two and not end up with a corpse on your hands?
Numbers 17:12 - The People of Israel said to Moses, “We’re as good as dead. This is our death sentence. Anyone who even gets close to The Dwelling of God is as good as dead. Are we all doomed?”
Luke 8:37 - Later, a great many people from the Gerasene countryside got together and asked Jesus to leave—too much change, too fast, and they were scared. So Jesus got back in the boat and set off. The man whom he had delivered from the demons asked to go with him, but he sent him back, saying, “Go home and tell everything God did in you.” So he went back and preached all over town everything Jesus had done in him.
John 16:8 - “When he comes, he’ll expose the error of the godless world’s view of sin, righteousness, and judgment: He’ll show them that their refusal to believe in me is their basic sin; that righteousness comes from above, where I am with the Father, out of their sight and control; that judgment takes place as the ruler of this godless world is brought to trial and convicted.
Hebrews 12:18 - Unlike your ancestors, you didn’t come to Mount Sinai—all that volcanic blaze and earthshaking rumble—to hear God speak. The earsplitting words and soul-shaking message terrified them and they begged him to stop. When they heard the words—“If an animal touches the Mountain, it’s as good as dead”—they were afraid to move. Even Moses was terrified.
Hebrews 12:22 - No, that’s not your experience at all. You’ve come to Mount Zion, the city where the living God resides. The invisible Jerusalem is populated by throngs of festive angels and Christian citizens. It is the city where God is Judge, with judgments that make us just. You’ve come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel’s—a homicide that cried out for vengeance—became a proclamation of grace.
John 20:17 - Jesus said, “Don’t cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.’”
Luke 11:2 - So he said, “When you pray, say, Father, Reveal who you are. Set the world right. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.”
Ephesians 1:11 - It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
Ephesians 1:13 - It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This down payment from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.
Jeremiah 3:19 - “I planned what I’d say if you returned to me: ‘Good! I’ll bring you back into the family. I’ll give you choice land, land that the godless nations would die for.’ And I imagined that you would say, ‘Dear father!’ and would never again go off and leave me. But no luck. Like a false-hearted woman walking out on her husband, you, the whole family of Israel, have proven false to me.” God’s Decree.