Passage

Romans 8

• Glossary Term

  Abba

  Aramaic term of intimacy preserved in Romans 8:15.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Glossary Term

  Adoption

  Full legal son-status with inheritance rights.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Adoption into God's Family

  Burmese customary adoption is culturally well understood; the emphasis needed is that this sonship is full and permanent, with complete inheritance rights, not a probationary status.

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Assurance of Salvation

  Assurance rests on God's unchanging character, not on an uncertain running merit-tally that determines one's next rebirth.

  ROM.8.1, ROM.8.28-39

• Glossary Term

  Called

  Context-sensitive: in 1:1 = called to apostleship; in 1:7 = called to be saints; in 8:28-30 = effectual calling to salvation.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Calling

  Never conflate with ကံဇာတာ (astrologically fixed fate/destiny), a common Burmese folk-religious frame for a person's life path.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity is located in union with Christ, not in accumulated merit-standing or ethnic-religious identity as a Buddhist Burman.

  ROM.8.1

• Doctrine

  Divine Calling

  God's sovereign call must be distinguished from ကံဇာတာ (fixed karmic destiny) and from a revocable invitation a person can simply decline.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Doctrine

  Effectual Calling

  God's sovereign call that secures the salvation of the called; not karma-fixed destiny (ကံဇာတာ) or fatalism.

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Election

  God's sovereign personal choice, not ကံဇာတာ/ကံကြမ္မာ (karma-fixed destiny determined by accumulated past-life actions).

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Father

  CRITICAL: Never substitute ဗြဟ္မာ (Brahma, a high but impersonal deity-realm in Buddhist cosmology).

  ROM.8.15, ROM.8.23

• Doctrine

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: The eternal Son permanently taking on human nature, once.

  ROM.8.3

• Glossary Term

  Incarnation

  CRITICAL: NEVER use ဘုရားလောင်းအဖြစ်မွေးဖွားခြင်း (being born as a Buddha-to-be across the Jataka cycle of prior lives) or နတ်ဆင်းသက်ခြင်း (a nat spirit descending/possessing a person).

  ROM.8.3

• Glossary Term

  Intercession

  Prayer on behalf of others addressed to God directly, not petitioning through the 37 nats (guardian spirits) as in Burmese folk practice.

  ROM.8.26-27

• Glossary Term

  Peace

  In Romans 5:1, relational peace with God through justification, not the meditative stilling of mental defilements (ကိလေသာ) pursued through vipassana practice.

  ROM.8.6

• Doctrine

  Peace with God

  Relational, covenantal peace secured through justification, not the meditative stilling of mental defilements pursued through vipassana practice.

  ROM.8.6

• Doctrine

  Prayer and Intercession

  Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from propitiating or petitioning the 37 nats (guardian spirits) for protection or favor.

  ROM.8.26-27

• Doctrine

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive care, not ကံ (impersonal karmic cause and effect).

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Providence

  God's personal, purposive governance of events; never ကံ (impersonal karmic law of cause and effect).

  ROM.8.28-30

• Glossary Term

  Resurrection

  CRITICAL: NEVER use ပဋိသန္ဓေတည်ခြင်း or ပြန်လည်မွေးဖွားခြင်း (rebirth into a new existence within the cycle of samsara).

  ROM.8.11

• Doctrine

  Resurrection of Christ

  CRITICAL: Bodily, historical, once-for-all resurrection.

  ROM.8.11

• Glossary Term

  Son Of God

  CRITICAL: Full phrase required.

  ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29

• Doctrine

  Sonship of Christ

  CRITICAL: Eternal, unique Sonship, not a metaphorical title nor a ranked being within the nat-spirit hierarchy or Brahma cosmology.

  ROM.8.3, ROM.8.29