We know that the law is spiritual; but
I am unspiritual , sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For
what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. And if I do what I do not
want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself
who do it, but it is sin living in me. For I know that good itself does not
dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is
good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do, but the
evil I do not want to do – this I keep on doing. (Romans 7: 14–15)
Although
our human nature tells us to think this way, our true self, the self that God
intends us to become, desires to be closer to God, to grow intimately with Him,
and to seek out the desires of His heart. Easier said than done, don’t you
think? But it’s the nature of the situation when we’re called to be the light
of this word. To be a light we are called to live differently among our peers,
not as a division of us being better than anyone else, but to call out our
brothers and sisters out of darkness and into a life worth living. Because of
the Holy Spirit, we receive/experience such beautiful love and grace from God.
And we are also called to show the same love and grace that we received from
Him to others.
Therefore, there is now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the
Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what
the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And
so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of
the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh by
according to the Spirit. (Romans 8: 1–4)
We are free in Christ … it doesn’t get any better than that! We need
to be realistic about ourselves before we understand God; this was perfectly
said by guest speaker Kathleen Doyle. To know the true heart of God, we must
look at ourselves. We must focus inwardly in order to understand and perform
outwardly. God knows we are broken, so He comes after us; it is how God deals
with our lost nature. And though we are imperfect, we must welcome Him in our
lives with open arms as He has done with us.
The Holy Spirit searches for us, intercedes for us, and He advocates for
us. The Holy Spirit brings us life and sets us free. When I confess, I will be
received by love and grace. It’s hard for us to grasp as human beings. We think
in terms of us when we refer to how God sees the world. But he’s not like us,
and we must see the world, the world He created, through His eyes. The love of
God is beyond our comprehension.
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