In chapters 6-8 of Romans, Paul address the issue that if we are free from the law, can we then live any way we want? Paul answers that question with "May it never be!" We are saved to walk in the newness of life with the Spirit. When we become a Christian, we are dead to sin, and this is displayed with the act of baptism by emersion. Paul used the illustration of marriage, and they are bound by the marriage, the law, until one dies, and then there is freedom to marry someone else. In Christianity, we died to our sinful nature and are married to Christ, to new life. While we are still on this earth we struggle with two conflicting natures in us, the flesh and the spirit, but the Holy Spirit is there to help us and to intercede for us, especially in prayer. Even when we struggle, those who are in Jesus Christ are not condemned, because Jesus took our condemnation, which frees us to live in the Spirit, especially when we set our minds on the things of the Spirit. Believers are in the sanctification process of putting to death the deeds of the flesh. Believers are a part of the family of God, and as such, God is for us, not against us, and because of that we can know that He makes all things work together for our good. He loves us, and nothing can separate us from that love.
