I AM FREE Romans 8:1-4
Jan 02, 2016
I AM FREERomans 8:1-4
"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”
Romans 7:15
"...I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate...”
Matthew 26:41 "Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
We are free from frustration.
Romans 7:6
"..But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound,...”
Romans 7:4 "...you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ,"
We are free from the law.
Colossians 1:21,22
"....formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds.”
Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
We are free from condemnation.
Ephesians 2:6-9
"....that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Exodus 34:6,7 “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious,"
The "Uniqueness" of Grace
Ephesians 2:5
"....by grace you have been saved”
Titus 3:5 “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy,"
We are free from being perfect!
II Corinthians 3:6
"...the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life..”
II Corinthians 5:14 “For the love of Christ controls us,"
We are free to not live in sin.
Free from the power of sin Romans 8:2Free from the penalty of sin. Romans 6:7Free from the presence of sin. Revelation 21:27
We are free to not live in sin.
Deuteronomy 16:17
"...Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD.”
Proverbs 22:9 “He who is generous will be blessed,"
We are free to receive in order to give.
Michelle KwanOlympic gold winner