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Romans 7:6
But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have
been released from the law so that we serve in
the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old
way of the written code.
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January 22
The New Way
The last devotion discussed how we
died to what once bound us.
We are given a new life and are not controlled
by the sinful nature that we once had.
2 Corinthians 3 tells us that the law brought
death. The truth of the matter is that we
have never been able to follow the commands of
God and God knew this from the time that the law
was given.
The law wasn't given in order to crush us
underneath rules that we couldn't follow
however. It was given so that we would see
our need for a savior. This is the
difference between Christianity and all other
religions. There is nothing that we can do
to make up for our sins. No amount of good
deeds or prayers will take away our sin, only
Jesus can do that.
Because Jesus has taken away our sins, we are
under the new way of the Spirit. This does
not mean that we should do as we please and that
the law means nothing to us now. Instead
it means that we have been given the Holy Spirit
and are capable of living up to the law.
Even with the Holy Spirit we still choose not to
obey sometimes. Fortunately we still have
the forgiveness of Christ. We are not
crushed under the weight of the law any longer
but are under grace in the new way of the
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