God's New Law

God’s New Law “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:1-2 I am sure that most of us have heard of Murphy’s Law which states that “if anything can go wrong, it will.” Or you may have also heard of the law which states that “if everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.” There are other laws such as the law of gravity that truly are laws in that they always hold true. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament speaks about the subject of Law quite extensively. In previous devotionals I have discussed the Law that God gave Moses, that Jesus and the Apostles still followed in their day. There are two other laws mentioned in the scripture above. One of these laws “of sin and death” tells us that whoever sins, must die. This is a frightening law because we all know that we are guilty of sin, and that the consequences of our sin is death. However there is another law mentioned in the same scripture, and that is the law of the Spirit of Life through Jesus Christ. This law is probably the most important law of all, as this law is the only thing that can keep the law of sin and death from having its dreaded effect in our lives. This law tells us that if we live a life in Jesus Christ that this law will save us from our sins. When Jesus came to earth and was crucified on the cross of Calvary, he died to save us from our sins. When we accept Jesus as our Savior and ask Him to come into our hearts, and admit that we are a sinner, and that we know He died for our sins and will obey His commands in the future, we are now covered under this New Law of the Spirit of Life. Everything starts anew and afresh for us, as we are covered by this New Law that brings us blessings from God for those who live in Him. My Daily Devotional Volume III July 14 Robert William Brock, Jr.