If you have truly been born again, it was the Holy Spirit who convicted you of sin, revealed to you the truth of the gospel and drew you into relationship with Christ. The following verses emphasize this truth: For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children (Rom. 8:15–16). No one who is speaking by the Spirit
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