Christianity Oasis Forum

[Netchaplain]

The “law of sin” or, in other words, the principle and power of sin, is in its ability to cause the desire to sin; it’s in the desire to sin, and not in the sinning that the “old man” has its “dominion” in those yet to be reborn (Romans 6:14). Thus to eliminate the dominion of the old man or old nature, and yet retain its presence and activities (for continually exercising faith in Christ’s expiation), there must be a dominion from a “new man” or new nature.

This new dominion has its “work in you” from God that dominates our will after the old man, otherwise there is no freedom from the old man (Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10; Philippians 2:13). There is no neutral position in the will of man. All are dominated, either by the sin from the old man or by the righteousness of the new man (Romans 6:18).

Our “freedom from the law of sin” in Romans 8:2 is mostly seen in the fact that we no longer desire “after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:4).