Section 6
says that the law of the Spirit of life has freed us from the law of sin and of death. Verse 21 of the same chapter speaks of the freedom of the glory of the children of God. Today we are in the proc ess of becoming free. The entire universe with everything in it is in a state of slavery. In Ro mans 8 this slavery, this bondage, is called the slavery of corruption. Things die because they are held by this slavery of corruption. But the Spirit is setting us free from this slavery. One day we shall be fully out of the slavery of corruption and fully into the freedom of glory.
Foretaste
Today we also enjoy the Spirit as a foretaste (8:23). We need to learn to have a greater appre ciation for the Spirit as a foretaste. How sweet, tender, and enjoyable this foretaste is to us!
Sonship
The sonship we have in the Spirit (8:15) in cludes a number of items: the life of the son, the sphere of the son, the position of the son, the liv ing of the son, the enjoyment of the son, the birthright of the son, the inheritance of the son, and the manifestation of the son. We have such an all-inclusive sonship in our spirit. If we stay