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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 8:2-4 - The Law of the Spirit of Life

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Romans in Outline No. 76

1.1  THE CONQUERING LAW

Romans 8:2

2.1  The definition of law

2.2  The law of sin and death (Chapter 7)

2.3  The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Chapter 8)

Ephesians 1:19-20

1.2  THE PROBLEM WITH THE MOSAIC LAW

Romans 8:3a

Weak through the flesh

1 Corinthians 15:56; 2 Corinthians 3:7; 3:9

1.3  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW LAW

Romans 8:3b

2.1  God sent His own Son

3.1  NOT AN ANGEL

3.2  NOT LIKE “SONS OF GOD”

4.1  Equal with God

John 5:18

4.2  The exact representation of the Father

Hebrews 1:1-3

4.3  The revealer of the Father

Matthew 11:27

4.4  Sharer of the eternal glory of the Father

John 17:1; 17:5

2.2  The Son came in the likeness of sinful flesh

3.1  MUST HAVE HAD A REAL BODY

1 John 1:1; 4:1-3

1 Peter 2:24

3.2  MUST NOT HAVE HAD A SIN NATURE

3.3  FOR THE SIN OFFERING

3.4  CONDEMNED SIN IN THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST’S BODY

1.4  THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE NEW LAW

Romans 8:4

2.1  Imputed righteousness

Romans 4:5

2.2  Imparted righteousness

Romans 1:16-17; 5:17-19; 5:21

Romans 6:13; 7:4b; 7:6b

We now have added righteousness

1 Peter 2:24; Titus 2:14

2.3  “Walk after” = lifestyle

Acts 21:21; Ephesians 2:1-3; Philippians 3:20

3.1  ACCORDING TO FLESH

Note: Flesh walk may be religious

Galatians 3:3

Philippians 3:1-3

3.2  ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT

Romans 8:2-4

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (NKJV)

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