Was listening to a message today on Romans 8:2
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2 [/SUP]For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
And will post it on the thread about the old and new covenant and how the 10 commandments need to be seen in the proper perspective of the new covenant.
Many Christians are still walking according to the old covenant of law trying to establish their own righteousness when in fact Jesus has given us His righteousness and established us in Him.... as UnderGrace is trying to remind Disciple Dave in the above post here.
Will post Romans 8:1-17 specifically looking at verse 1 and 2. The reason there is therefor now NO condemnation is because of verse 2... for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has SET YOU FREE from the law of sin and death. I wish believers here would step over that bar and over to the new covenant that makes the old covenant of law obsolete. But I must warn you., even when we do., we are always going to be tempted to go back to the old mindset that is established in the law to DO in order to BE righteous in Christ.
We have to keep going back to the truth that ONLY Christ makes us righteous before God.
Even when we read verses that seem to contradict the truth of Christs imputed righteousness., we have to apply the finished work of the Cross each and every time.
8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For what the law could not do, [SUP][
a][/SUP]in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of [SUP][
b][/SUP]sinful flesh [SUP][
c][/SUP]and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
[SUP]4 [/SUP]that the [SUP][
d][/SUP]ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
[SUP]7 [/SUP]because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:
[SUP]8 [/SUP]and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies [SUP][
e][/SUP]through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
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12 [/SUP]So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
[SUP]13 [/SUP]for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the [SUP][
f][/SUP]deeds of the body, ye shall live.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:
[SUP]17 [/SUP]and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with
him, that we may be also glorified with him.