Sermon Tone Analysis

The Justified Are Not Under Law:

The Justified Are Not Under Law:

The Illustration of Marriage,

Link: = sanctified man in regard to sin.

= sanctified man in regard to law.

SLAVERY, 6:15-23

MARRIAGE, 7:1-3

Context: What Paul has said so far about the law:

The Application of this Law to the Christian Life,

· no man can attain righteousness by works of law, but that law only reveals the unrighteousness of man.

1.

Union with Christ

· the law has no part in the revelation of God’s righteousness or the imputation of God’s righteousness except as a witness.

· the law would not, and could not, exclude the boasting of man.

2. Bearing Fruit for Christ

· the law has nothing to do with the inheritance that we have as children of Abraham.

3. Service to Christ

Relation of Law and Sin,

· the law only brings about wrath.

· the law brought man under bondage.

4. The Effect of Sin

Broader Context: To avoid being a stumbling block for Jews and new Christians Paul gives broader context surrounding the law:

5.

The Deceitfulness of Sin

6.

The Sinfulness of Sin

1. sin will not have dominion since we are under grace.

2. the law is not sinful even though the law causes sin to abound.

The Inability of the Flesh to sanctify:

3. the law is powerless to deliver men fRom.the

struggle against sin.

So, the law is unable to save fRom.indwelling

sin.

Linguistic background:

The Justified Are Not Under Law:

Confession One: I Am Unspiritual ()

The Illustration of Marriage,

Confession Two: I Am Indwelt By Sin ()

Confession Three: I Am A Wretched Man ()

Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released fRom.the

law of marriage.

3 Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive.

But if her husband dies, she is free fRom.that

law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.

Table: Can this be the same man?

starts with “or.”

The current contextual discussion is FREED FROM.SIN using two ILLUSTRATIONS.

SLAVERY, 6:15-23

Holiness is Possible:

MARRIAGE, 7:1-3

The Application of this Law to the Christian Life,

4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the [1st husband] law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to [2nd husband] him who has been raised fRom.the

dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

6 But now we are released fRom.the

law [1st husband], having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the [2nd husband] Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

· Is there condemnation for those under the law or in Christ?

· While living with the 1st husband, were we baptized?

· The “old flesh” that died was our union with the 1st Husband or the Law.

T/F?

2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

· Why is there no condemnation for those in Christ?

1.

Union with Christ

· With the new union with Christ, is it possible to live the old life (obeying the demands of the flesh)?

Hint: Read if you need clarity.

· How does this verse answer : “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?”

· Is service to sin possible?

Hint: Read if you need clarity – asking why can I not obey the old master?

3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.

By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

· Why did God have to send His Son?

· Can the Body I am united to have two heads?

Hint: Read for clarity asking which head am I serving … Christ or Adam?

What is the purpose of Holiness?

2. Bearing Fruit for Christ

· Who are the two husbands in chapter 7?

4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

The rest of deals with the possibility, privilege and power that eliminate the reign of sin in our life, letting the Spirit of God be in total control.

o New husband is Jesus.

So I bring forth fruit for him.

How is Holiness shown in the Contrast of Flesh and Spirit,

o Old husband was buried with Jesus.

Could the old husband be our old flesh with its desires?

o Fruit is the expression of your character that is revealed in your conduct.

Explain.

5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.

8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

3. Service to Christ

· What 2 principles try to control my life?

· How do these two seek to rope my mind into the battle?

How do I serve in a “newness of spirit” (; )?

· How can “submit” and “set” be used to please God?

Relation of Law and Sin,

7 What then shall we say?

That the law is sin?

By no means!

Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin.

For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness.

For apart from the law, sin lies dead.

9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.