Thursday | 09 July 2026
Paul declared that the first marriage covenant between the Son of God and the nation of Israel was finished through Christ’s death on the cross. He then proclaimed that there is a new marriage covenant between the glorified Son of Man and the church. Paul said, ‘Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ [having died with Him], that you may be married to another – to Him who was raised from the dead [the glorified Son of Man], that we should bear fruit to God.’ Rom 7:4.
A new marriage covenant, between the Son of Man and the true Israel of God, was established on Mount Calvary once Christ was brought back from the death of our sin. This new marriage covenant is ‘the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus’. Rom 8:2.
Having been born of the divine nature, we are now able to walk after the Spirit in the fellowship of Christ’s offering and sufferings. Instead of endeavouring to serve the Lord with our mind, which is fleshly, and inevitably leads to serving the law of sin, we can follow the Spirit. We are obedient from the heart to the word spoken by Christ through His messengers, which the Spirit brings to our remembrance. Joh 14:26. By this means, the righteous requirements of the Law are fulfilled in us. Rom 8:4.
However, when we choose to walk after the flesh, through our knowledge of good and evil, we come under condemnation. Through the law of our mind, we add the power and fire of the Law of God to our endeavours, to give us strength so that we can prove that we are right, others are wrong, and that God is with us. Rom 7:25. This becomes our new form of idolatry, which is evidenced by the accompanying emotions of sin. Rom 7:5.
Further Study:
Romans 8
References:
Rom 7:4-5
Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another — to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death.
Rom 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Joh 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
Rom 8:4
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.
Rom 7:25
I thank God — through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.