What happens to old Adam when he is crucified in Romans 7:6?
The old Adam is put to death and broken from the demands of the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic law. This deliverance from the law, that being dead wherein we were held, allows marriage to Christ and service in newness of the Spirit.
Les explains that in Romans 7:6, once we are married to Christ, old Adam is crucified. He is put to death and broken from the demands of the Ten Commandments and the Mosaic law. Les teaches that this crucifixion of old Adam is what delivers us from the law—'that being dead, wherein we were held'—so that we should serve in newness of spirit. He identifies that spirit as the Holy Spirit. Les also ties this to Paul's marriage analogy: crucify old Adam, put him to death so he is broken from the law's demands, and be married to Christ. The result is deliverance from the law and a new service in the Spirit.
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 is the 'that' in Romans 7:6?
The thing Paul refers to as 'that being dead wherein we were held' is the Law.