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How does the death and resurrection of Jesus

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Christ forever change our

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relationship to the law? It's

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great to connect with you here at today in The Word,

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I'm Donna Leland. Does the

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Bible teach that we no longer have any obligation

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to God? Not at all. Paul

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explains that we have been released from the

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law so we can serve God

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in a new and more powerful way. Today,

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in the word we read in Romans seven six,

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we serve in the new way of the spirit,

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not in the old way of the written code.

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Paul's message is not a gospel of subtraction,

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but of addition. Something new

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has been added to our nature to provide

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life where there was once none.

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It is the resurrection power of

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the spirit. Those who are united

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by faith to Christ in His death

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have died to the law through the body

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of Christ, so that they might

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belong to another, because

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they belong to him who was raised

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from the dead. They're now able

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to bear fruit for God. This

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contrast reveals an important limitation

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in the law that enables us

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to understand why nobody

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could have been made righteous by

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it. The law came in so that the

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awareness of sin might increase

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to drive us to Christ Jesus.

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If you've never asked Christ to be your Savior,

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to forgive you of your wrongdoing. A

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volunteer is able to pray with you and

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answer your questions about Jesus.

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It's easy to call its one 888.

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Need him? That's one 888

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need him. Join the growing

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number of people who have come to the realization

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that they can't please God through obedience

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to the law, because Jesus

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pleased God through his obedience,

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his death, and his resurrection

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from the dead.