We Serve in the New Way of the Spirit

Preaching from Romans 7:1–6, Pastor McNutt contrasts the "old way of the written code" with the "new way of the Spirit," explaining that believers have died to the law in order to belong to the risen Christ and bear fruit for God. The Mosaic law written on stone functions externally and exposes sin, but in the New Covenant God writes His law on the heart by the Spirit, granting new desires and true understanding as the veil is removed in Christ. Thus the Christian's motive shifts from self‑preserving fear to grateful love, leading to freedom, adoption, and practical service in the church. The Spirit who indwells also empowers: we "work out" what God "Himself works in," so serving is not drudgery but Spirit‑enabled obedience flowing from union with Christ.