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Originally Posted by OBW
The other difficulty with "spirit" is that it is often used in a manner that is difficult to declare to be like an "organ' of humans. Instead, in these particular passages, it is more like a state of being or a sense. Phrases like "spirit of sonship" (or adoption if you prefer) do not appear to be references to a thing but to a state of being or state of mind. This is like saying a "spirit of camaraderie" which refers to how a person or persons are acting or reacting, not to what part of their being (whether physical or spiritual) is engaged in the action.
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Isn't the spirit of sonship the same as is declared in Galatians 4:6, "And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts,
crying out, 'Abba, Father!'"? And then the sister verses in Romans 8:15-16 "For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of sonship by which we cry out, 'Abba! Father!'
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God." And isn't sonship the same as in Galatians 4:9, "My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you . . ."? And also in Galatians 1:15-16 , "But when God . . . was pleased to reveal His Son in me"?
And where is the unseen Spirit of sonship? First Corinthians 6:17 tells us it is joined to our spirit.
So this is a real spirit bro, not just a turn of a phrase!