We look at this in other portions of this book, so only mention it briefly here. This is the end of the legal process Paul looks at. We live under a different law. Not the letter of the law that kills, but the law of faith, meaning the law of grace. Paul calls it a law, because in grace it takes charge in our life, but it does not function in the sense of a legal obligation, but from love and the power of the resurrection.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. (Rom 3:27).
The law of the spirit of life is not a legal principle that we harness and put into operation as we would natural laws like lift and thrust. Some have turned this into another works project by saying we can work these laws of the Spirit by doing this and that. It is a not a legal right that we have and use as we will. It works by grace and love. Christ uses His life and power to condemn sin in our flesh and live out His purposes through us by His faith in us.
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