Praise God! Jesus delivered us from the principle of law-keeping as the way to prove our righteousness and earn our salvation. We are now enabled to live out the will of God in our lives by the power of the Holy Spirit, who conforms us (Romans 8:28-29) and transforms us (2 Corinthians 3:18) to become like Christ, who is the fulfillment of the law (Matthew 5:17). We are saved by grace, through faith, so we can do good deeds out of thankfulness to honor our Savior just as God planned long ago for us to do (Ephesians 2:8-10).
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We've included Phil's ToGather video from four years ago as an added blessing to our verse today:
Thank you, dear Father, for your grace and mercy. I praise you, God Almighty, for your incredible sacrifice to bring my pardon. Glory and honor to you, O Sovereign Lord, for your gift of the Holy Spirit to lead and guide me in your will and transform me into a person of your character, like Jesus Christ. In his name, I thank you. Amen.
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Other Devotionals from Heartlight for Thursday, August 2, 2012
"For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will..."
![Illustration of Romans 8:2 — [T]hrough Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.](https://img.heartlight.org/overlazy/creations/3082.jpg "Illustration of Romans 8:2 — [T]hrough Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.")
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