For he who has died has been freed from sin...14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
Interpretation
This quote speaks about liberation from sin through grace rather than adherence to the law.
In this quote, Paul the Apostle emphasizes the transformative power of grace in the Christian faith. He suggests that those who have died to sin are no longer bound by its control and that believers can live free from the constraints of the law due to the grace offered through faith. This idea conveys a profound spiritual liberation, highlighting the importance of inner change over mere external compliance.
In practice
In a sermon discussing personal transformation and redemption.
By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us - set us right with him, make us fit for him - we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. And that's not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand - out in the wide open spaces of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise.
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man's foundation.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal.
If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there.
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
If I feel any marginalisation, it's because the things that concern me aren't so important to other people.
A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be loved it ought to be lovely.
See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the pointed finger, touching the sore place in your heart! Do you remember any act of enormous folly, at which you would blush, even in the remotest cavern of the earth? Then recognize your Shame.
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