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Romans 5:
We are justified by faith
thought the Grace of Jesus Christ (rather than by works, circumcision, or Law or
Moses - Judaism). We rejoice in the hope of God's glory and suffering that
births perseverance, character, and hope through the love of God's Spirit (Holy
Spirit). God gave Jesus to die for our sin while we were still sinners and
ungodly, so that we are justified by his blood (death) and reconciled to God by his
resurrection (life). Sin and death were established before Moses' Law, and
they both have no regards for the law. Just as one man (Adam) brought
death to all humans by trespassing, so did Jesus bring God's grace ONLY to those
who believe by faith. Judgment of law follows sin to bring condemnation,
but grace follows sin to bring justification through Jesus. The law
increased transgression (Judaism), but grace through faith in Jesus brought more
righteousness and justification for eternal life through Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:
Since we are justified by
faith in Jesus and sin increases grace does not mean that we can keep sinning.
In baptism, we died to sin with Jesus and we resurrected from death (baptism
water) with Jesus into a new life of God's glory. So both sin and death are no
longer masters of those who believe in Jesus Christ and live for God.
We
are imperfect, but it is the Spirit of God that dwells in us, after we have faith
in the death and resurrection of Jesus, that keeps our minds and body away from
sin with time. God's Spirit trains the body to disobey and live above sin with time
by offering your body to the righteousness of God. The reward of sin is
death, but that of God's grace is eternal life.
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Romans 7:
The law only applies to the
living, but Christians died with Jesus and resurrected with him to
live for God. Under the law, we bore fruits for death (lying for
protection, joining unholy alliances for survival, or supporting the wrong of
the powerful), but now, we are released from the law to do only what brings
truth, fairness, and happiness under God's Spirit. Without the law, sin is
dead. The law only taught us what sin was and how to manipulate the law our
advantage. The law (commandment) is holy, righteous, and good, but it made
us know sin and brought the wrong desires that lead to death. The law is
good and spiritual, but it is the sin in me that wants to disobey the law and
bring death. In this world, a Christian is a slave to God's law (grace of
God's Spirit) in the mind, but a slave to the law of sin in the body of death.
Our minds of God's laws must supersede any human or earthly law that only puts
the body to death. The result from the Spirit of God's laws puts us above
any human law in doing what is noble, godly, and just most of the time.
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