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Romans 7: Married To Christ
Romans 7
Married To Christ
Romans 7 shows us the contrast between living bound to the law and living fresh and new by the spirit of God. No longer slaves or in bondage, we are free to belong to another. The struggle with sin may still be evident, but Paul maintains we have no obligation to it. If we live by the Spirit then we will bear fruit according to our new nature.
"Do you not know, brothers-for I am speaking to men who know the law-that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?" ( Romans 7:1 )
This seems like an obvious statement, it makes sense that the law or legal claims only have authority over…
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"For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But…
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"So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God." ( Romans 7:4 )
The law of marriage applies to a person as…
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"For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death." ( Romans 7:5 )
Do you ever notice how you want to do exactly what you have been instructed not to…
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"But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code." ( Romans 7:6 )
The difference between the living under the Law and…
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"What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet." ( Romans 7:7 )
After hearing Paul's…
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"But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead." ( Romans 7:8 )
Sin existed before the Law was given and sin dominated the lives of every human being dating back to the fall of…
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"Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died." ( Romans 7:9 )
Certain laws and guidelines do not apply to children because they are under age. Likewise, little children are unaware of many rules and laws in our society…
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Friday, 06 November 2009
Romans 7:10 – The Commandment Brought Death, Jesus Brought Life
Written by Juli Camarin
"I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death." ( Romans 7:10 )
Isn't it interesting that the law actually widened the gap between us and God. Instead of reconciling fellowship with the Lord, it proved to be our undoing. Paul said in verse…
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Monday, 09 November 2009
Romans 7:11 – Sin Used the Commandments to Deceive us
Written by Juli Camarin
"For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death." ( Romans 7:11 )
We always want what we can't have. That is the rebellious nature of mankind. We see something that is just out of our reach and then the…
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"So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the…
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"We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin." ( Romans 7:14 )
A common misconception is that God sold us as slaves to sin as a result of the trespass of Adam in the garden. Many think that this was part…
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"I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself…
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Saturday, 14 November 2009
Romans 7:18-20 - Living in Victory over the Flesh
Written by Juli Camarin
"I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to…
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Sunday, 15 November 2009
Romans 7:21-23 - The Leftover Effects of the Sin Nature
Written by Juli Camarin
"So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind…
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Romans 7:24-25 - Escaping the Desires of the Flesh
Written by Juli Camarin
"What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God-through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin" ( Romans…
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