Released from the Old to Serve the New, Part 2 (TMF:1633)

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Peace to Live By: Released from the Old to Serve the New, Part 2 (TMF:1633) - Daniel Litton
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       Paul points out the fact that if the married woman’s husband dies, if he passes away, she if free to be married to another man. She is back on the market. The marriage vows she had spoken on her original wedding day before the man and before God are no longer binding; they are annulled because the man is dead. As we know, God permits people to remarry if their spouse dies. As a matter of fact, God encourages it for younger people, but Paul nevertheless encouraged singleness afterward for some women as he believed they would be happier. But the point here that Paul is trying to make is that through the husband’s death is a newfound freedom for the woman. Do you see where this is going? This represents what Jesus has accomplished for us. By his death on the cross, and are being united in his death, we were released from the confines and restraints of the Jewish Law in order to serve another.