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Gal 2:19-20 (RSV) "For I through the law died to the law, that I
might live to God. 20I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I
who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh
I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for
me." God dwells within us by the Spirit. His Spirit guides us day by
day. God works out His will in our lives as we submit to the work of the
Holy Spirit within us.
2. We are no longer under the Law (the written code).
Note the Law is for unbelievers, not for believers in Jesus Christ.
a. The law condemns but does not help us to obey in any way.
b. 1 Tim 1:8-11 (RSV) "Now we know that the law is good, if any
one uses it lawfully, 9understanding this, that the law is not laid down
for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and
sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and
murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10immoral persons, sodomites,
kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound
doctrine, 11in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God
with which I have been entrusted."
c. Rom 7:4-8 (RSV) "Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the
law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another.
Rom 8:1-4 (RSV) "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the
law of sin and death. 3For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not
do: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the
flesh, 4in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit."
IV. New Identity
By God’s own words: We are saints - not by performance but by HIS BLOOD
We are justified by grace through faith.
(Not by our works or performance or good deeds or keeping written laws)
God Himself has written His laws on our hearts and in our minds.
If we fail, He will remind us, He will empower us to keep His word.
If we fail, He will not be angry at us (He took out all His anger on Jesus on the cross).
Even if we sin, we are still sons and daughters.
The Lord wants us to do everything in Union with Him.
That He might be a part of everything we do in our entire lives.
Amen!
*****End of the Message*****
might live to God. 20I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I
who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh
I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for
me." God dwells within us by the Spirit. His Spirit guides us day by
day. God works out His will in our lives as we submit to the work of the
Holy Spirit within us.
2. We are no longer under the Law (the written code).
Note the Law is for unbelievers, not for believers in Jesus Christ.
a. The law condemns but does not help us to obey in any way.
b. 1 Tim 1:8-11 (RSV) "Now we know that the law is good, if any
one uses it lawfully, 9understanding this, that the law is not laid down
for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and
sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and
murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10immoral persons, sodomites,
kidnapers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound
doctrine, 11in accordance with the glorious gospel of the blessed God
with which I have been entrusted."
c. Rom 7:4-8 (RSV) "Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the
law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another.
Rom 8:1-4 (RSV) "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in
Christ Jesus. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the
law of sin and death. 3For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not
do: sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the
flesh, 4in order that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit."
IV. New Identity
By God’s own words: We are saints - not by performance but by HIS BLOOD
We are justified by grace through faith.
(Not by our works or performance or good deeds or keeping written laws)
God Himself has written His laws on our hearts and in our minds.
If we fail, He will remind us, He will empower us to keep His word.
If we fail, He will not be angry at us (He took out all His anger on Jesus on the cross).
Even if we sin, we are still sons and daughters.
The Lord wants us to do everything in Union with Him.
That He might be a part of everything we do in our entire lives.
Amen!
*****End of the Message*****
