DAD'S RAMBLINGS – The Happy Marriage
Romans 7:1, 6
"Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? .... But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."
Paul used a metaphor of marriage to illustrate the new life in Christ. Before being married to Christ, we were married to the law and were under its dominion. But the law died and we were free to marry Christ (vss. 2-4). Marriage to the law is hard because the law is a difficult taskmaster, demanding things of me that I can never fulfill. I can never satisfy the law because I cannot keep it, and I am continually beat up because of my failures, so it is an unhappy marriage. But there is no condemnation in my marriage to Christ (Romans 8:1), because I live in His forgiveness. What peace and joy in being in union with Christ. It is truly a happy marriage.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Marriage to the law brings sorrow, but marriage to Christ brings joy and peace.
Have a "happily married" day. Love you.
Romans 7:1, 6
"Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? .... But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."
Paul used a metaphor of marriage to illustrate the new life in Christ. Before being married to Christ, we were married to the law and were under its dominion. But the law died and we were free to marry Christ (vss. 2-4). Marriage to the law is hard because the law is a difficult taskmaster, demanding things of me that I can never fulfill. I can never satisfy the law because I cannot keep it, and I am continually beat up because of my failures, so it is an unhappy marriage. But there is no condemnation in my marriage to Christ (Romans 8:1), because I live in His forgiveness. What peace and joy in being in union with Christ. It is truly a happy marriage.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: Marriage to the law brings sorrow, but marriage to Christ brings joy and peace.
Have a "happily married" day. Love you.
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