What does it mean that believers are delivered from the law and serve in newness of Spirit?

Les explains that being delivered from the law means exactly what it says: believers are dead to that which held them, so they should serve in newness of Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. He presents two concepts: either we live under the new nature, prompted and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, or we still try to satisfy old Adam, who may recognize that certain things are wrong but knows he cannot keep the law and soon gives up. The new nature does not have that problem. Under the Holy Spirit’s guidance, believers realize they cannot keep the law by the energy of the flesh—it is impossible. But when they let the Holy Spirit lead, guide, and direct them, the law takes care of itself. The word “newness” means exactly what it says: a whole new ball game. When a person becomes a believer and receives this new nature, it is a whole new ball game.