42Ａ Where there is a life, there is also the law of that life; life is inseparable from the law of its life.
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43Ｂ Every kind of life is not only governed by a law—every life is a law.
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44Ｃ Every tree is a law; the law comes from the tree:
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451 When the tree of life entered into us, it became a law.
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462 The tree of the knowledge of good and evil has also become a law within us.
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473 Since we have two trees growing within us, we have two laws operating within us.
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48Ⅲ Romans 8 shows us that God's life is given to us to be our law:
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49Ａ The two laws in Romans 8:2 are not commandments but principles; these laws operate by nature.
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50Ｂ These two laws—the law of sin and of death and the law of the Spirit of life—are operating within us; their work is according to law, not activity.
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51Ｃ God has not only given us life—He has given us the law of life.
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52Ｄ God's life within us operates in the way of a law.
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53Ｅ There is a new law within us—the law of the life of God.
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54Ｆ Believers should trust not only in life but also in the law of life.
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55Ⅳ A Christian should discover the law of God's life and live by this law of life; this is the Christian life:
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56Ａ The God who has been processed and is now the Spirit dwelling in our spirit is the law of the Spirit of life.
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57Ｂ The life a Christian receives is a law, and the Christian life is a spontaneous living according to the law of life.
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58Ｃ Being a Christian is not a strenuous exercise; all we have to do is let go and allow the law of the inner life to operate within us.
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59Ｄ Our faith consists of God's life operating within us through a law; this oper-ation results in our being able to live out the Christian life.
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60Ｅ We need to learn to trust in the law of God's life, allowing this law to operate in us in a spontaneous way.
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61Ｆ God delivers us from the law of sin and of death through the operation of the law of the Spirit of life.
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62Ⅴ A Christian should not live according to the power of his will but accord-ing to the law of the Spirit of life:
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63Ａ There is a law of sin and of death within us that the power of the will has no control over and which can never be overcome.
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64Ｂ No one can resist the law of sin by his will, nor can anyone resist the law of sin by willing to do good.
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65Ｃ To live by the will is to try to be a certain type of person when we are not.
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66Ｄ A law is spontaneous; there is no need for the will to assist it.
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67Ｅ In the Christian life an important principle is to live not by one's own will but by the law of the Spirit of life.
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68Ｆ Walking according to the law of life is spontaneous; all we need to do is calmly trust in the law of life within us.
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69Ｇ The law of life within spontaneously regulates and carries us on; as we go along with this law, we experience life and peace.
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70Ⅵ There is another law that can contend with the law of sin and of death:
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71Ａ God has given us a life-law; it remains the same all the time, and it never changes.
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72Ｂ The law of sin and of death still exists, but we are no longer living under its power; we are living under another law.
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73Ｃ There is a law in us that delivers us from the law of sin and of death.
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74Ｄ The way of salvation is not to be someone we are not; rather, it is living out a new law of life from within.
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75Ｅ When this law is lived out from within, sin will appear to be nonexistent and annihilated, and the power of death will seemingly disappear.
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76Ｆ We need to learn to follow the law of life within us.
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77Ｇ The law of the Spirit of life, like the law of sin and of death, is spontaneous.
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78Ｈ The moment we see the law of life, the first thing we will do is to drop our work.
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79Ｉ Is our Christian life governed by our will or by the manifestation of this new law within us?