Romans 7

  

As I consider the first part of Romans chapter 7, I'm reminded that Paul is talking also, not just to Gentiles, but also to Jews. And those Jews felt like, "We are Jews, we have to obey the law." We have to look to the law for our salvation. Paul is saying, No. You have been released from that law and don't have to seek that law for salvation because you have died in Christ. And therefore, you have a new law. This doesn't mean the law has no purpose. Paul talks about that, how it helps us, and points us in the right direction. But it is not the law that we look to for salvation. We are dead to that law, but have a new law which brings life in Jesus Christ. 

Now we have a new law that's put within our hearts, we are, as Paul is saying, "we are now married to another." We are connected to him who is raised from the dead, that is, Jesus. And through him, we can have power over that sinful nature that the law could never give us the power to do. Now we don't have to be bound like those who are under the law. We have a new life.

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