The good life, the life lived in the Spirit because of Jesus' saving work is one of freedom, peace, and hope.

Paul voices the internal struggle of the believer, set free by Jesus, who still struggles with sin's influence in their life.

The trouble with sin is it produces death. The trouble with the law, is it reveals sin does so, but it does not DEAL with the consequences or treat the cause.

The law, though good, gives sin teeth by revealing guilt and assigning consequence.

Being set free by Jesus, we no longer stand condemned under the law, but can live in freedom in the Spirit.

Paul uses the example of a marriage covenant in highlighting how, when we die we are released from the law binding as a way of highlighting how when we die with Christ, the law of sin and death's implications are made null and void.

There are implications for how a Christian uses the newfound freedom they have in Jesus.

The freedom we have in Christ should not be used for licentious living. Rather, the Christian is a slave to righteousness, compelled to do as God desires.

Being set free by the work of Jesus Christ, we must use our freedom for the good things God has. We are no longer bound by the pull of sin in our lives and in Christ CAN rule over it to God's glory.

Since we are dead in regards to sin, the life we live we live in light of a future hope of resurrection and in agreement with what the God who saves us says is right.

If we have been saved, and in faith had Christ's righteousness applied to us, we are dead in regards to sin. 

Since we live in Christ, we ought to live lives that LOOK like Jesus. 

Like Adam's trespass produced death in all mean, so Christ's righteousness can produce life in all who believe.

In Adam, all die because all sin. Adam, as our ancestral, human representative passes original sin to all who would come from him.

Through the reconciliation Jesus provides in his death, we can be at peace with God. Uniquely, God does ALL the work of reconciliation AND provides the means for it.

Faith is the means by which we can be at peace with God in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Our Faith gives us assurance, and security of the promises of God.

The promise of God to the Hebrew people, and the promises of God extended to all people, are secured not by the law, but on the basis of faith.

Circumcision, which predates the law, was not a means of being declared righteous, and was evidence of belief, not the means of salvation itself. 

Abraham's faith as means of being declared righteous predates the Hebrew law.