24 我真是苦啊！誰能救我脫離這取死的身體呢？ 25 感謝 神！靠著我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。這樣看來，我以內心順服 神的律，我肉體卻順服罪的律了。 1 如今，那些在基督耶穌裡的就不定罪了。 2 因為賜生命聖靈的律在基督耶穌裡釋放了我，使我脫離罪和死的律了。 3 律法既因肉體軟弱，有所不能行的， 神就差遣自己的兒子成為罪身的形狀，作了贖罪祭，在肉體中定了罪案， 4 使律法的義成就在我們這不隨從肉體，只隨從聖靈的人身上。
保羅在今天的經文中告訴我們 神差遣自己的兒子成為罪身的形狀，不僅僅為我們作了贖罪祭，也幫助我們勝過了罪在我們肉體上的權勢。因此，我們不僅僅藉著耶穌基督在十字架上的替死脫離了罪帶給我們的刑罰，也藉著內住的聖靈勝過了罪在我們肉體上的權勢！救恩不僅僅讓我們得著了在 神面前稱義的地位，也讓我們可以在每天的生活中經歷聖靈的更新!
但是，這樣的轉變不會僅僅因為聖靈的內住就自動發生，只有當我們在每天的生活中不隨從肉體，只隨從聖靈時，我們才能在我們的身上真實地經歷聖靈改變的大能！一個隨從聖靈的生活就是在每一天的生活中，在每一件的事情上都學習讓聖靈來管制我們，同時也靠著聖靈來行事！
你盼望真實地經歷聖靈中的真自由嗎？讓我們成為一個只隨從聖靈的人！也讓我們為著 神奇妙的救恩來獻上感恩！
Romans 7:24-8:4
24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Paul shares with us in today's Scripture that God sent His own Son to have a human nature as sinners have, not only to pay for sin, but also to condemn sin in our corrupt nature.
Therefore, we have not only be rescued from the penalty of sins through the death of Jesus Christ, but also could be free from the power of sin through the presence and power of God's Holy Spirit who indwells every believer! Salvation involves more than a right standing before God; Salvation should also transform us from glory to glory in our daily experience.
However, such transformation process won't happen automatically simply because the Holy Spirit indwells us. We need to walk according to Spirit, not according to the flesh. Walking by the Spirit means walking in submission to and dependence on the Spirit, rather than allowing our sinful nature to govern our lives!
Do you really want to experience the true freedom in Spirit? Let's walk under the authority of the indwelling Spirit and give thanks to our heavenly Father for His marvelous salvation!
Therefore, we have not only be rescued from the penalty of sins through the death of Jesus Christ, but also could be free from the power of sin through the presence and power of God's Holy Spirit who indwells every believer! Salvation involves more than a right standing before God; Salvation should also transform us from glory to glory in our daily experience.
However, such transformation process won't happen automatically simply because the Holy Spirit indwells us. We need to walk according to Spirit, not according to the flesh. Walking by the Spirit means walking in submission to and dependence on the Spirit, rather than allowing our sinful nature to govern our lives!
Do you really want to experience the true freedom in Spirit? Let's walk under the authority of the indwelling Spirit and give thanks to our heavenly Father for His marvelous salvation!
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