Set free from the law of sin and death through the Holy Spirit

In Romans 6:6-7 Paul teaches how Christ’s death breaks the power of sin: “We know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin.” When we believe in Jesus, we die to our old sinful self, and that breaks sin’s control over us.

In Romans 8:1-2 Jesus sets us free from the law of sin and death through the Holy Spirit: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” This might be hard to understand. Sin still lives in our unredeemed bodies, our fleshly nature. And a portion of our minds are still conformed to the fleshly nature. However, we are dead to the flesh, and the flesh is dead to us. It may draw us into sin from time to time, and we confess that to the Father. He forgives us. But it is sin in us doing the sin. It’s not us. We have already died to that sin. The fleshly nature is currently here, but it’s fading away with each obedience to Christ. We focus on Christ and the leading of the Holy Spirit. We are in Christ. Christ is being formed in us more fully with each obedience to the Holy Spirit. In Christ, we are no longer condemned for sin, and the Spirit is empowering us to live free from sin and the consequences of sin. Put another way, the Christ in us doesn’t sin. Before we were born again, everything we did was in rebellion against God. Everything we called “righteousness” was just self-righteousness. Now, the Holy Spirit leads us and does God’s works through us, which is the only true righteousness. If we try to depend on ourselves, we get back into self-righteousness, which is useless. If we stand in God’s presence, listening to His voice, and yielding to His Spirit to the point that the Holy Spirit says God’s words and does God’s acts through us, we make headway in the spirit and our transformation into the image and the likeness of Christ.

Galatians 5:1 emphasizes freedom in Christ: “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” This verse highlights that Jesus’ work on the cross was to grant us freedom, not only from sin but also from legalistic religious practices.

In 1 Peter 2:24 Jesus bore our sins to set us free from living in sin: “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed.” Jesus’ sacrifice heals us spiritually and allows us to live and walk by the Spirit.

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