(Nuggets from Romans 8:2)
God, in His omniscience, knew He would create man, man would fall, and man would be redeemed by Jesus Christ going to the cross. God knew this before the universe was created, and this makes the cross the foundation of man's redemption.
The LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST is the doctrine of SUPERNATURAL GRACE in the GOSPEL, accompanied with the QUICKENING POWER, and INFLUENCE of the Holy Spirit. Apostle Paul testified that this latter law was what made him free from the law of SIN and DEATH, the former law, referring to the Mosaic laws and Jewish laws, an era of ATONEMENT that offered no form of JUSTIFICATION, but instead left men in CONDEMNATION and GUILT.
SIN has an ultimate consequence which is ETERNAL DEATH and this was what Apostle Paul was delivered from, hence this Epistle.
In other words, The Spirit of Christ, giving him a new life, was another law that freed him from the motions and power of sin, to which he was subject while under the Mosaic laws and the Jewish laws.
This new law, the law of the SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST freed him from the death to which that former law subjected him.
Prior to his CONVERSION and SALVATION, Apostle Paul was under both the MOSAIC LAW and the JEWISH LAW, an ardent observer of the laws and traditions, and a typical Pharisee whose life was governed by this law in question.
Paul observed the Mosaic Laws which were the written commandments of God given to Moses, otherwise known as the Torah, classified under moral, civil, and ceremonial laws.
In Philippians 3:6, Apostle Paul wrote:
"As to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law's standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me." His RIGHTEOUSNESS before encountering Christ was based on his religious observation of these laws.
The LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST is the VICTORY you have over SIN AND DEATH. Because Jesus died on the cross, His divine power has given you everything you need for LIFE and GODLINESS.
The measure of victory that you get over sin in your life is not owing to your own power, but owing to the work of the Spirit of God in you.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 136 OF 365 (2026)
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