So now you’re not a real Christian unless you keep all 10 commandments perfectly? That kind of thinking creates religious guilt—not godliness. But Romans 7:4 says we died to the law so we could belong to Christ. Faith isn’t about religious rule-keeping. It’s about a personal relationship with God, rooted in grace, not fear.
Grace vs. Religion
Legalistic Christianity says we must keep the Law of Moses to be considered saved—aka a real Christian. But Jesus rose, meaning the Law of Moses is NOT an obligation anymore!
Romans 7 shows us that in Christ, we’ve also died to the law. Paul made it clear the law is good and holy because it shows how sinful we naturally are, but we are no longer bound to it.
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Romans 7:4 says:
“We also died to the law through Jesus Christ, that we might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.”
It’s easy to break any of the commandments and feel separated from God—sometimes without even realizing how. Without the law, we’d be extremely corrupt, thinking everything opposite of God’s ways is normal and morally right. But the point isn’t to be trapped in the law; it’s to understand the grace that replaced it.
The Reality of the Law
The law taught us what sin was and opened the door to sin.
Romans 7:9 says:
“Once I lived apart from the law, but when the commandments came in, sin sprang to life and I died.”
Sin comes into our lives to destroy us; the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). The law exposed sin but had no power to save us from it.
Romans 7:5 reminds us that living by the flesh, outside of faith, only leads to bearing dead fruit. This is why certain people, opportunities, and things fall away when we become new creations in Christ.
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Once we recognize who we are in Christ, Romans 7:6 clicks:
“But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.” (NIV)
Jesus Christ fulfilled the law, so we are no longer under it—we are under grace.
Faith and Grace, Not Works
Before faith in Christ, we were bound to the law. Galatians 3:21-22 explains the law was our guardian—until Jesus came.
Now, in Christ, we are justified by faith. We are children of God, clothed in Christ, and one body in Him.
When God gave promises to Abraham and his seed, that included us. We are now heirs to the promise, thanks to Jesus.
Genesis 17:6-8 (NIV) shows God’s everlasting covenant with Abraham:
“6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.”
This isn’t just about Abraham’s bloodline. It’s about everyone born into faith through Jesus.
So, question:
Have you accepted the freedom and salvation of Jesus Christ?
Or are you still stuck under the weight of laws He died to release you from?
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