Scripture to Read: Romans 7:6
We finish this week with more Good News from God and His Word. Before we get to the Good News, we have seen this week how we battle with our sinful passions. We have learned that people without a relationship with Christ have zero power to overcome their sinful passions. Therefore, everyone without Christ can only bear fruit to death because sin always results in death. God also taught us how we, as believers, can overcome our fleshly desires and that it starts with our minds being renewed each day. Today, God tells us in Romans 7:6, But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter. So, we have been set free from the bondage we had been placed in through the Law of God. Remember, God’s Law did not cause the bondage; we became aware of our bondage through God’s Law. God’s Law showed us how sinful we were and that we had no way out on our own. But when we died to ourselves and placed our faith in Christ, we were released from the Law and the power of our sinful passions. Through Christ, we can now serve God. We don’t serve God the old way, by trying to obey His Law through our “good works,” but we now serve God through His Holy Spirit who lives in us. We walk in the works He has prepared for us (Ephesians 2:10) so our lives bring glory to Him.
Challenge & Application
What was the most significant truth today that changed how you think about your freedom through Christ?
How will you share what God has taught you this week with those who need to hear this same Good News?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!