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Good Morning

My name Patrick Hasty

I am thrilled to be here this morning as we examine God’s word together.

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14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.

15 For I do not understand my own actions.

For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.

17 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.

For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.

20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.

22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Life in the Spirit

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

A few weeks ago our brother gave a fantastic presentation of .

Three Questions I hope to Answer this Morning.

What is a proper view of the Law?

Paul tells us in vs. 1-6 that we are freed from the law.

Then in verses 7-13 that the law is good.

So how do we as new covenant believers view the law?

Who is this divided man?

This is probably one of the most controversial questions in the book of Romans, and there are varying theological interpretations regarding this question.

The debate basically comes down to this.

Is this a believer?

Perspective of a man who is not a believer?

I will tell you later what I think the answer is to that question.

What is a proper view of the Law?

Paul tells us in vs. 1-6 that we are freed from the law.

Then in verses 7-13 that the law is good.

So how do we as new covenant believers view the law?

How does this passage apply practically to us?

My prayer this morning is that this passage will have the same impact on you that it had on me about 7 years ago.

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Outline of Romans 1-7

A few weeks ago our brother Subash gave a fantastic presentation of .

In that sermon he outlined the book of Romans.

I would quickly like us to go back and outline Chapters 1-7 as I believe it will help us understand Paul’s flow of thought.

Ch.1-2: Tell us that angry toward all because of their sin.

Ch.3: God sent his Son as a Propitiation for our sin.

Ch.4:

The believer is counted righteous solely by faith in the completed work of Jesus Christ.

Ch.5:

We therefore have peace with God.

Ch. 6: Our old nature is crucified and we now are “slaves to righteousness.”

Ch. 7: Then we get to chapter 7.

What is a proper view of the Law?

A Proper Understanding of the Law.

We will never be able gain our righteousness through the Law.

The law is no longer

As we saw a few weeks ago from brother Subash the biggest problem Paul faced was an improper view of the law.

Paul responded to those who know the law in Chapter 7.

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.

4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to 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, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

Vs. 1-4 What is Paul saying?

Vs. 1: He’s speaking to those who know the law.

Vs. 1-2: In this case that likely included Jews and Gentiles who were familiar with the Law of Moses.

The Law is binding as long as person lives.

Note Paul’s language here.

He is using a theme seen in his letters referring to death.

He uses an illustration about marriage.

“a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives”

“but if her husband dies is released from the law of that marriage.

Paul says that in the same way we have died to the law.

And this how...

“Likewise, my brothers, you have died to the law.”

How? (vs.4)“through the body of Christ,

Why? (vs.5) “so that you may belong to another.

Who? “to him who has raised from the dead”

For what purpose?

“In order that we may bear fruit for God.

The Purpose of The Law Never intended to bring us Salvation?

The purpose of the law is to expose our sinful passions.

The purpose of the law is to expose our sinful passions.

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.

Our flesh is aroused by the law.

That is in my natural state when I see the law of God the only thing I want to is to Rebel against it.

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.

What is ironic is that the law is intended for our good.

My Son is a great example of our inherit sinful nature to be rebellious.

If I tell him “Don’t do that” I can guarantee you he’s going to do it.

William is

My little boy William shows his sinful nature in the same way.

If I tell him “no no don’t do that” I am doing it for his good, but he is sinful so

Biting.

Don’t touch that.

Don’t put that in your mouth.

We are released from the condemnation of the law .

We are released from the condemnation of the law