Romans 8 may be considered the focus of the entire Bible and the center of the universe, for it speaks of the Trinity in the experience of the Christian life, revealing the processed Triune God as the law of the Spirit of life giving life to our being, and it shows us the all-inclusive Spirit […]
We Exercise our Spirit to Walk in Newness of Life and Serve in Newness of Spirit
As believers in Christ whose old man was crucified and buried and who now live in resurrection one with the Lord, we need to walk in newness of life and serve in newness of spirit by exercising our spirit in our daily life and also when we come to the meetings of teh church to […]
We have been Discharged from the Law & we come to Christ for Him to Fulfil it in us
As believers in Christ, we have died to the law in which we were held so that we might be discharged from it; the law defines God as His portrait, exposes man, and subdues man, so that we may come to the Lord with His word and allow Him to do what He said in […]
We Bear Fruit to God as we Live to God for God to be Brought forth as Fruit in Us
As regenerated persons, we are no longer the husband but the wife, for we have been joined to Christ, the ever-living One; as a wife, we bear fruit to God, that is, God is brought forth in us as a fruit as we live to God and everything we do is now related to God. […]
We Depend on Christ as our Husband and we Take Him as our Head, Life, and Person
As believers in Christ, our old man has been crucified to the law through the body of Christ so that we might marry another husband, Christ, who has been raised from the dead; Christ is our Husband, and we have an organic union with Him, taking Him as our Head, life, person, and everything. Praise […]
We’re Freed from the Law regarding the Old Man and Joined to Christ, our New Husband
![Knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with [Him] in order that the body of sin might be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin as slaves. Rom. 6:6](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Knowing-this-that-our-old-man-has-been-crucified-with-Him-in-order-that-the-body-of-sin-might-be-annulled-that-we-should-no-longer-serve-sin-as-slaves-1.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
Since our old man has been crucified and died, even being buried with Christ, we are discharged from its law and are married to Christ, our new Husband; we have two statuses – the old man (the old husband) and the new man (the proper wife married to Christ as the Husband). Amen! When God […]
Old Man assumed the Position of a Husband: the Law Exposes his Inability to keep it
![For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present [you as] a pure virgin to Christ. 2 Cor. 11:2](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/For-I-am-jealous-over-you-with-a-jealousy-of-God-for-I-betrothed-you-to-one-husband-to-present-you-as-a-pure-virgin-to-Christ-1.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
In Romans seven, we see how the old man assumes the position of a husband, and how God uses the law to expose his inability to keep it. But praise the Lord, we believers in Christ are regenerated persons and we are married to Christ, our new Husband, and we now live not in the […]