{"id":7513,"date":"2019-07-21T08:06:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T12:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7513"},"modified":"2019-07-21T08:07:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T12:07:05","slug":"now-we-can-serve-god-not-in-the-old-way-of-obeying-the-letter-of-the-law-but-in-the-new-way-of-living-in-the-spirit-romans-76-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/now-we-can-serve-god-not-in-the-old-way-of-obeying-the-letter-of-the-law-but-in-the-new-way-of-living-in-the-spirit-romans-76-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;&#8230;Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit&#8221; (Romans 7:6 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE NEW WAY OF LIVING<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"91n7b\" data-offset-key=\"bm1ql-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bm1ql-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bm1ql-0-0\">We don&#8217;t serve God by following a checklist, but by living under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Legalism does not please God as it only reveals our unrighteousness and prideful hearts. This &#8220;new way&#8221; of living is not about effort or earning, but believing and receiving. Those who have found the &#8220;new way&#8221; have the law once inscribed in stone, now written on their hearts. This &#8220;new way&#8221; frees us to truly serve God.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"91n7b\" data-offset-key=\"1q75-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1q75-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1q75-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"91n7b\" data-offset-key=\"8m97v-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8m97v-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8m97v-0-0\">PRAYER: Father, thank You for saving us through faith in Christ Jesus. Now we can serve You in a new way by living in the Spirit. We surrender afresh today. Lead, guide and direct us to join You in Your work today. In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE NEW WAY OF LIVING We don&#8217;t serve God by following a checklist, but by living under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Legalism does not please God as it only reveals our unrighteousness and prideful hearts. This &#8220;new way&#8221; of living is not about effort or earning, but believing and receiving. Those who have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1312],"scripture-chapter":[1340],"oyb_day":[1729],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7513","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-romans","scripture-chapter-1340","oyb_day-july-21"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7513"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7513"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7513"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7513"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}