Released from the Old to Serve the New, Part 3 (TMF:1634)

Thursday, June 17, 2021
Peace to Live By: Released from the Old to Serve the New, Part 3 (TMF:1634) - Daniel Litton
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       “Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code” (Romans 7:4-6,ESV). Verse 4 here basically shows the new position for the Christian. It is a summary of what has transpired for each of us, and reveals were we now stand. We’ve been talking about how each of us had died to the law in Christ, through his sacrifice on the cross for us and resurrection from the dead. We are no longer obligated to keep the ceremonial parts of the Jewish Law in order to be pleasing to God. God can accept us now without following those guidelines, those requirements.