Random Thoughts on the Really Good News

“Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no Law.” (Galatians 3:24-25; 5:22-23) Law is not needed for those who walk in the Spirit. The following is a good expression of this idea by Vladimir Gelesnoff… “Nine virtues are clustered together in the description of the spirit’s fruit. These virtues are not separate flowers of a bouquet; they are the petals of one gorgeous flower exhibiting varying shades of form and color. The spirit is exempt from the law by virtue of its nature, which is in complete accord with the aim of law. The law required the very fruit which the spirit yields. The whole law is fulfilled in one expression – ye shall love. The fruit of the spirit is love. Hence “against such there is no law.” But while love was t...

"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2) What is the law of the “Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” ? Simply that God was in Christ Jesus reconciling the world to himself, not counting our failures against us. When we believe this God gives us this Spirit of life...and we have assurance that when this body of flesh and blood dies it will be resurrected a new spiritual being, immortal, and without sin. “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” (2 Corinthians 5:17-19) Let that soak in for a while without the religious “spin” and the truth just might set you fre...