Riff's Christian Journal

Rom 7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

With the beginning of a new year, as Christians we should look to a “newness of spirit”, wherein we should practice walking in the Spirit and not according to the works of the Law.

By doing the works of the Law, we are unwittingly trying to be justified by our obedience to what the Law says, even though we have been delivered from the Law. For now, we are not under the Law but under grace.

Gal 2:16  Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 

Gal_5:18  (KJV)  But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

By walking in a newness of spirit, we are led by the Spirit of God Who works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure (Philippians 2:13). It is God who works in our spirit to guide us according to His will to do those things that he has ordained for us to do. In doing so, we walk according to the Spirit with the faith of Christ and not by the works of the flesh in trying to be obedient to the Law.

In walking in the spirit, we now serve God in a newness of Spirit, by looking to God to do His will and not by looking to ourselves in doing our will. By seeking to do things our way we will always fail. Walking in a newness of spirit, seeking to do God’s will, can we have any expectations of being successful in our walk with our Lord Jesus.

As Christians, we are dead to the Law and we no longer serve it, and as a new year begins, we can have a new beginning in serving God by serving in the newness of Spirit.