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LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
NEW OPERATING PROTOCOL — LIFE-GENERATING COMMAND STRUCTURE
PROTOCOLSpecs
source
in Christ Jesus — grounded in union with him
contrast
law of Spirit/life vs. law of sin/death
greek term
nomos tou pneumatos tēs zōēs
meaning of nomos
governing principle, operative power (not Mosaic code here)
Intelligence Brief
Paul uses 'nomos' (law) here not as Mosaic legislation but as a governing principle or power — the way we speak of 'laws of nature.' The 'law of the Spirit of life' is the new regime under which believers operate: the Spirit's life-giving power that liberates from the old regime of sin and death. This is not lawlessness but a higher law. The scarlet thread is explicit: this law operates 'in Christ Jesus' — the Spirit's life-giving work is grounded in and flows from union with the risen Christ. What the Mosaic law could not do (give life — Gal 3:21), the Spirit accomplishes through Christ.
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