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Still Wrestling - Day 210 Month 7-28 Week 30-7

  Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) 2 Samuel 5:1-6:11, Proverbs 12:20-28, Ezekiel 16:1-21, Romans 7 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%205%3A1-6%3A11%2C%20Proverbs%2012%3A20-28%2C%20Ezekiel%2016%3A1-21%2C%20Romans%207&version=NASB1995 Still Wrestling Marriage is intended to be a lifelong covenant, and when one spouse dies, the surviving spouse is free to remarry. Full disclosure.  I received a little help from AI to explain the next part because it helped me find the right words. If one spouse dies, the surviving spouse is free to remarry.  That is not considered adultery because the marriage covenant has ended with death. This is the illustration Paul uses in Romans 7 to explain our relationship to God's law.  Before Jesus' death, people lived under the Law of Moses.  The law itself is holy and good, so Paul is not saying the law has died or become worthless. Instead, through Jesus' death, we have died to the law's claim over us. ...