Yes, we can free ourselves from the law. But what does that mean. Can we no longer be accountable? What about following of the law, are we exempt? Does the law no longer apply, to us? The answer to all of those questions is a short no.
I mentioned to Lori just the other day that we have to get back to a place where we are not trying to follow some “political correctness” and we should get back to truth and that which is founding in God. I see too often that there is an abandonment of that which is known to be true in the interest of not offending or following some sort of social “norm”.
“5For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.” – Romans 7:5 (ESV)
When we are following those social “norms” we are living in the flesh. We are doing and saying things that are in the interest of acceptance and in doing so, we abandoning truth and love as God intended for us. We find ourselves working for others and not working for the LORD.
“6But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.” – Romans 7:6 (ESV)
With acceptance of Christ as our Savior and that He died for our sin so that we may have life eternal, we are freed from sin. We are forgiven for those sins we have committed and will commit. We are no longer slaves to the law written in on the page, we are held to the law written on our heart by God.
As mentioned above, we are not absolved of accountability to the law as written, we are not exempt, and the law does still apply to us. But we will find ourselves following the law because we are doing the work of the LORD and not for acceptance to the societal “norms”. We are free to do that which is right as opposed coerced into it to avoid some persecution. We don’t “break” the law as we are too busy following truth and love as given to us by God through Jesus Christ.
What is your view of the law and your freedom? Do you feel restricted to follow the law to adhere to social “norms”? What if you were free from sin in that you were following Christ and doing His work in truth and love?
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