17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit ofthe Lord is, there is freedom. - P73
But thenew covenant in Christ is permanent and superior in splendor. ThroughChrist‘s finished work, all obstacles between God and His people areremoved so that we might enter into God‘s presence and reflect Hisglory. May we cling to Christ, therefore, and place all our hope in Him. - P74
When we come to Christ we are given His Spirit, who frees us from the bondage
of the law and the guilt of sin. - P74
But his transformation was, in truth, painfully slow.
It took years of prayer, faith, instruction, rebuke, and love. Lookingback, I am grateful that I and many others did not give up on him.
The Holy Spirit was at work in the background transforming him intothe man God wanted him to be. - P75
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