Law of God, August 5
Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.
For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death.
But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.
Romans 7:4-6, www.solascriptura.com
Father, here the Apostle Paul is telling us how the law, if enforced to the letter, leaves us all guilty. He says that when we were “in the flesh” and were not Spiritually born again, that the law was convicting us and that our flesh was bearing fruit unto death. We know Father that our flesh will perish and that only our spirit, united with Your Spirit will survive.
This marriage, the union of our spirit and Yours, allows us to bear fruit unto life, life eternal. It is Your will that our old nature die and that the fruits of the Holy Spirit, mark us as Yours. Help us commit this list of the fruits of the Spirit, not only to memory, but to a reality, daily; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.(as a mnemonic device, think, love, joy and peace and then say “PKGFGS”, package figs; Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-control) What a perfect way to live. Enable us, every day, forever. In Jesus Holy name, we pray, amen.
Bruce Caldwell
The Sola Scriptura Project, P.O. Box 302, Franklin TN 37064
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The devil fears this active love of God in a Christian’s life more than anything else, for it will melt and disrupt the works, schemes, and bondage of his kingdom on the earth. This love of God flowing out of a heart of the believer brings victory, power, and the love of Christ again upon the earth. A main weapon and tactic of our spiritual enemy is to steal, kill, and destroy this divine love in the heart of a son or daughter of God. He desires to harden the heart of the believer so it is stone dead to the love of God. Our new nature is a nature of love, and we are commanded by God Almighty to walk in love. God is building His love into our character through the new creation in Christ, and as we grow and bear fruit, our lives will be a sterling example of the awesome, matchless love of God. Without love, our lives will never blossom into the divine purpose that God has designed for each one of us. Without love, our lives will fail to rise to our mighty calling in Christ. Without love, our words and works are worthless to God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Love is the master key to a life that is pleasing to God and a life that is priceless in the furtherance of the kingdom of God. We can never be great men and women of faith unless we are great men and women of love.
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