What is newness of spirit?
Newness of spirit is the believer's transformed service in the spiritual realm, contrasted with the oldness of the letter, meaning the Law. It is a new frame of thinking that comes by believing the Gospel, not by legalism or fleshly effort. Paul says believers serve in newness of spirit, not in the oldness of the letter.
Les explains that newness of spirit is the whole transformation of life in the spiritual realm. Believers have been delivered from the Law, which was an administration of death and the oldness of the letter, so they now serve in a new frame of thinking. This comes by believing the Gospel, not by legalism or fleshly effort. Galatians 3:3 warns against beginning in the Spirit and then trying to grow by the flesh; the flesh craves Law, but believers are not under that oldness of the letter.
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
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What does 'newness of Spirit' mean in Romans 7:6?
The word 'newness' in Romans 7:6 means a whole new ball game — when a person becomes a believer and receives the new nature, it is a whole new ball game.