Develope a Palate

Develope a Palate
Daily intake of the Word nourishes the Spirit. Jeremiah's Menu is an exercise in recognizing God's Word made flesh in and around me. Eating the Word in a way that supplies the spiritual nutrients needed to grow. The Menu is offered with the hope of inspiring you to taste and see that the Lord is good. Bon Appetite!

Quote Du Jour

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Christians may differ on a variety of points, but they have all one spiritual appetite; and if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus we are one bread and one cup. As the loving cup goes round we pledge one another heartily therein. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who are like yourself, supported by the same heavenly manna. ---Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Romans 8... day 2...

For the law of the Spirit of life
has set you free in Christ Jesus
from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:2 ESV

In Christ Jesus... we are set free... from the law of sin and death...

He ushered in a New Covenant... a New Law... 

...the law of the Spirit of life...

The old law... 
the one given to Moses on the mountain... 
focused on sin... and its tremendous cost... death...
countless animals killed... 
sinners stoned...
all to pay the price... 

Now the law came in to increase the trespass...
Romans 5:16 ESV

The law given through Moses... 
only highlighted our sin... 
our bondage to death...
our need for a Savior...

So Jesus... He came with a New Law... a New Covenant...

"This cup that is poured out for you
is the new covenant in my blood. ..."
Luke 22:20 ESV

The New Covenant... is in His blood...
the blood shed on the cross for sin...
all sin...
once and for all...

For Christ died for sins once for all,
the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.
He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit...
1 Peter 3:18

By receiving Him... His grace... embracing the New Covenant... we are freed from the law of sin and death... to live by the Spirit of Life...

The same Spirit... who raised Him from the dead... also sets us free... 

Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin:
 The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation,
but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned 
through that one man, how much more will those who receive 
God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness 
reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:16-17

So today... I wonder whose law am I living under...?
Do I feel the pressure of sin and death...? more than the joy... of life...?
What about you...?

He has set us free... from sin... death... condemnation...

Choose joy... choose grace... choose life...

For from his fullness we have all received,
grace upon grace.
John 1:16 ESV

Father God... no longer let me stay under the law of sin... and death...
teach me to live... every moment... free... 
under the law... of the Spirit of life...

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