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The Book Of ROMANS.....A Systematic Teaching
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ROMANS CHAPTER SEVEN
"Shackles of a saved soul; the Struggle of a saved soul"
The theme of Sanctification started in the latter part of chapter #5 where it was "Potential Sanctification" Then in chapter #6 we saw "Positional Sanctification", that is identification with Christ in His death and resurrection.
Now in chapter SEVEN there are TWO subjects ..........
1. The Shackles of a saved soul. = Imprison/Bind
2. The Struggle of a saved soul. = Fight
By that I mean that the Law cannot produce sanctification in the believer. It can only shackle.
Neither can the believer produce sanctification in his life by depending on the desire of the new nature.
In other words, simply said.......just to say you want to live for Christ won't get you anywhere.
So then, lets begin with verse #1....."SHACKLES OF A SAVED SOUL".
Romans 7:1........
"Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?"
"Know ye not" = Are you so ignorant?
You can be 100% sure that the brethren then did not know!!!!!
The Mosiac Law had had over a 1000 years trial with God's chosen in a land that was good for keeping it. The Law was given not only to a people---but to a Land! It seems over the years that we have forgotten the importance of the "Promised Land".
May I take a moment here to remind all of you that May 14, 1948 was THE most important day in prophecy!!!! That was the day the UN voted to give Israel the LAND. That one event then allows ALL the prophecy of the End Times to be fulfilled. The LAND is very, very important to God!
However....Israel did not keep the Law.
Acts 7:53..............
" Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it."
Acts 15:10............
" Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?"
Now Paul will give an illustration that is a great one. Unfortunately, some people try to draw from it rules for marriage and divorce.
But.....Paul is NOT talking about either one here. Rather he is illustrating by a well established and stated law that a wife is bound to a living husband and that death frees her from the status of being his wife.
"Shackles of a saved soul; the Struggle of a saved soul"
The theme of Sanctification started in the latter part of chapter #5 where it was "Potential Sanctification" Then in chapter #6 we saw "Positional Sanctification", that is identification with Christ in His death and resurrection.
Now in chapter SEVEN there are TWO subjects ..........
1. The Shackles of a saved soul. = Imprison/Bind
2. The Struggle of a saved soul. = Fight
By that I mean that the Law cannot produce sanctification in the believer. It can only shackle.
Neither can the believer produce sanctification in his life by depending on the desire of the new nature.
In other words, simply said.......just to say you want to live for Christ won't get you anywhere.
So then, lets begin with verse #1....."SHACKLES OF A SAVED SOUL".
Romans 7:1........
"Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?"
"Know ye not" = Are you so ignorant?
You can be 100% sure that the brethren then did not know!!!!!
The Mosiac Law had had over a 1000 years trial with God's chosen in a land that was good for keeping it. The Law was given not only to a people---but to a Land! It seems over the years that we have forgotten the importance of the "Promised Land".
May I take a moment here to remind all of you that May 14, 1948 was THE most important day in prophecy!!!! That was the day the UN voted to give Israel the LAND. That one event then allows ALL the prophecy of the End Times to be fulfilled. The LAND is very, very important to God!
However....Israel did not keep the Law.
Acts 7:53..............
" Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it."
Acts 15:10............
" Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?"
Now Paul will give an illustration that is a great one. Unfortunately, some people try to draw from it rules for marriage and divorce.
But.....Paul is NOT talking about either one here. Rather he is illustrating by a well established and stated law that a wife is bound to a living husband and that death frees her from the status of being his wife.
Romans 7:2...........
"For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband."
Here, and the following verse, Paul is illustrating the statement he made in verse 1. There he wrote that the law of Moses remains in effect only for the living. In the same way, the law of marriage binds together two living people.
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he is living, but when he dies, she is completely discharged from the law of her husband.
Simply said.......if the husband is dead, she is no longer married to him!.........Death is the condition which nullifies that law.
So Here, Paul notes that this death, through this illustration that our death with Christ, is what frees us from our obligation to the law.
"For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband."
Here, and the following verse, Paul is illustrating the statement he made in verse 1. There he wrote that the law of Moses remains in effect only for the living. In the same way, the law of marriage binds together two living people.
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he is living, but when he dies, she is completely discharged from the law of her husband.
Simply said.......if the husband is dead, she is no longer married to him!.........Death is the condition which nullifies that law.
So Here, Paul notes that this death, through this illustration that our death with Christ, is what frees us from our obligation to the law.
Romans 7:3.............
“So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.”
Some people have used this verse to insist that divorce and remarriage is not allowed under any circumstances. That is very sad!
Now THINK! What would happen under the Mosiac LAW is a man or woman were unfaithful in marriage???? What is a woman is married to a womanizer/philanderer and he is unfaithful all the time? What happens under the Mosiac LAW. HE IS STONED TO DEATH!
Now when that old boy is lying under a pile of rocks, DEAD, his wife is then free to marry another man.
Of course we do not live by THAT Law today. Isn't it interesting that some of our friends, 7th Day Adventist to name one, want to live by SOME of the Law but somehow forget about this one. WONDER WHY?????
Anyway.....we can not stone the unfaithful in marriage because there would not be anyone left! Now then.......Paul IS NOT giving instructions on divorce or marriage here. The point he is making is that when a womans husband dies, she is NO LONGER HIS WIFE. She is then single again.
That is a universal principle today.
“So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.”
Some people have used this verse to insist that divorce and remarriage is not allowed under any circumstances. That is very sad!
Now THINK! What would happen under the Mosiac LAW is a man or woman were unfaithful in marriage???? What is a woman is married to a womanizer/philanderer and he is unfaithful all the time? What happens under the Mosiac LAW. HE IS STONED TO DEATH!
Now when that old boy is lying under a pile of rocks, DEAD, his wife is then free to marry another man.
Of course we do not live by THAT Law today. Isn't it interesting that some of our friends, 7th Day Adventist to name one, want to live by SOME of the Law but somehow forget about this one. WONDER WHY?????
Anyway.....we can not stone the unfaithful in marriage because there would not be anyone left! Now then.......Paul IS NOT giving instructions on divorce or marriage here. The point he is making is that when a womans husband dies, she is NO LONGER HIS WIFE. She is then single again.
That is a universal principle today.
That's what you call 'stoned dead'.
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Romans 7:4..............
" Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God."
In other words..........Accordingly my brethren, you (old Adamic nature) also were done to death as to the Law; the Law was killed to you by means of the body of Christ; that you should be married to another even in Him who also rose from the dead that we might bear fruit to God.
The wife represents the believer in Christ. The second husband represent Christ. We are joined to Him. But who is the 1st husband????
The 1st husband IMHO is set forth in Adam and our position in him. There are TWU headships.......1st is Adam and the 2nd is Christ.
We are joined to Adam through the Old Nature but it failed through the sin of the flesh. The Law was given to control the Old Nature but it became a rock around the neck of the Israelite. The Law never lifted him up but actually kept him in slavery for 1500 years. It was a ministration of condemnation.
Now we are as believers joined to Christ. We died with Him and we are raised to life with Him. HE IS OUR 2ND HUSBAND!
He is the one who allows us to bear fruit! The Law is NOT given to the new man in Christ because old things have passed away and all things have become new.
We as believers are not under Law but Grace and that is the principle of the New Testament!
" Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God."
In other words..........Accordingly my brethren, you (old Adamic nature) also were done to death as to the Law; the Law was killed to you by means of the body of Christ; that you should be married to another even in Him who also rose from the dead that we might bear fruit to God.
The wife represents the believer in Christ. The second husband represent Christ. We are joined to Him. But who is the 1st husband????
The 1st husband IMHO is set forth in Adam and our position in him. There are TWU headships.......1st is Adam and the 2nd is Christ.
We are joined to Adam through the Old Nature but it failed through the sin of the flesh. The Law was given to control the Old Nature but it became a rock around the neck of the Israelite. The Law never lifted him up but actually kept him in slavery for 1500 years. It was a ministration of condemnation.
Now we are as believers joined to Christ. We died with Him and we are raised to life with Him. HE IS OUR 2ND HUSBAND!
He is the one who allows us to bear fruit! The Law is NOT given to the new man in Christ because old things have passed away and all things have become new.
We as believers are not under Law but Grace and that is the principle of the New Testament!
Romans 7:5..............
"For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death."
Are YOU able to keep the Law.....All of it?
Do you realize that the Law was a straightjacket put on the flesh to control it?
The flesh rebelled and chafed under the restraint of the Law. The flesh had no ability or desire to follow the ministrations of the Law.
The flesh broke out of the restraints imposed by the Law and therefore brought down the irrevocable penalty for breaking the Law which is death!
"For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death."
Are YOU able to keep the Law.....All of it?
Do you realize that the Law was a straightjacket put on the flesh to control it?
The flesh rebelled and chafed under the restraint of the Law. The flesh had no ability or desire to follow the ministrations of the Law.
The flesh broke out of the restraints imposed by the Law and therefore brought down the irrevocable penalty for breaking the Law which is death!
Dead to the law/alive to Christ, pretty much sums up Rom 7:4.
Romans 7:6............
"But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."
"But now we are delivered from the law, " = we are discharged or annulled from the Law.
Did you notice the PARDOXES in this section????
In verse #4 it was having died they bear fruit.
Here in #6 it is that they have been discharged yet they serve.
Today we are to serve Him not on the basis or the motive of..."I ought to do it" but now it should be..."I delight to do it because I want to please Christ"!
The 1st is out of obligation and the 2nd is out of LOVE and it is always LOVE that trumps everything else.
We sever Christ because we Love Him! That is and always has been THE question!!!
Peter........Do You love me?
Peter........Do you Love me?
PETER......Do love me?
"But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."
"But now we are delivered from the law, " = we are discharged or annulled from the Law.
Did you notice the PARDOXES in this section????
In verse #4 it was having died they bear fruit.
Here in #6 it is that they have been discharged yet they serve.
Today we are to serve Him not on the basis or the motive of..."I ought to do it" but now it should be..."I delight to do it because I want to please Christ"!
The 1st is out of obligation and the 2nd is out of LOVE and it is always LOVE that trumps everything else.
We sever Christ because we Love Him! That is and always has been THE question!!!
Peter........Do You love me?
Peter........Do you Love me?
PETER......Do love me?
Romans 7:7................
"What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet."
If you remember, Paul started this argument back in chapter 6 with his expression of...."What shall we say then, shell we continue in sin".
Now he says again......"What shall we say then? IS THE LAW SIN?"
In the first part of this chapter, Paul seems to be saying that Law and sin are on the same par. If release from sin means release from Law then are they not the same?
He then clarifies it by saying....GOD FORBID! Now he will go on to say that the Law id good. It came from God and it is God's will.
The problem therefore is not the Law but our flesh!
he law is like an x-ray machine; it reveals what is there but hidden. You can’t blame an x-ray for what it exposes. The Law revelas the exceeding sinfulness of sin.
The law sets the “speed limit” so we know exactly if we are going too fast. We might never know that we are sinning in many areas (such as covetousness) if the law didn’t show us specifically.
"What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet."
If you remember, Paul started this argument back in chapter 6 with his expression of...."What shall we say then, shell we continue in sin".
Now he says again......"What shall we say then? IS THE LAW SIN?"
In the first part of this chapter, Paul seems to be saying that Law and sin are on the same par. If release from sin means release from Law then are they not the same?
He then clarifies it by saying....GOD FORBID! Now he will go on to say that the Law id good. It came from God and it is God's will.
The problem therefore is not the Law but our flesh!
he law is like an x-ray machine; it reveals what is there but hidden. You can’t blame an x-ray for what it exposes. The Law revelas the exceeding sinfulness of sin.
The law sets the “speed limit” so we know exactly if we are going too fast. We might never know that we are sinning in many areas (such as covetousness) if the law didn’t show us specifically.
Romans 7:8.........
"But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead."
Here Paul describes the dynamic where the warning “Don’t do that!” may become a call to action because of our sinful, rebellious hearts. It isn’t the fault of the commandment, but it is our fault.
In his book Confessions, the great theologian of the ancient church Augustine described how this dynamic worked in his life as a young man: ........
“There was a pear tree near our vineyard, laden with fruit. One stormy night we rascally youths set out to rob it and carry our spoils away. We took off a huge load of pears – not to feast upon ourselves, but to throw them to the pigs, though we ate just enough to have the pleasure of forbidden fruit. They were nice pears, but it was not the pears that my wretched soul coveted, for I had plenty better at home. I picked them simply in order to become a thief. The only feast I got was a feast of iniquity, and that I enjoyed to the full. What was it that I loved in the theft? Was it the pleasure of acting against the law? The desire to steal was awakened simply by the prohibition of stealing.”
Hmmmm. Sould familiar to anyone?????
Fact:......In American history, we know that the Prohibition Act didn’t stop drinking. In many ways it made drinking more attractive to people because of our desire to break boundaries set by the commandment.
Once God draws a boundary for us, we are immediately enticed to cross that boundary – which is no fault of God or His boundary, but the fault of our sinful hearts. How many people reading this DO NOT DRIVE OVER 70 ON THE INTERSTATE!
"Sin, taking opportunity by the commandment".
The weakness of the law isn’t in the law – it is in us. Our hearts are so wicked that they can find opportunity for all manner of evil desire from something good like the law of God.
A waterfront hotel in Florida was concerned that people might try to fish from the balconies so they put up signs saying......
“NO FISHING FROM THE BALCONY.”
They had constant problems with people fishing from the balconies, with lines and sinker weights breaking windows and bothering people in rooms below. They finally solved the problem by simply taking down the signs – and no one thought to fish from the balconies.
Because of our fallen nature, the law can actually work like an invitation to sin.
Apart from the law, sin was dead:
This shows how great the evil of sin is – it can take something good and holy like the law and twist it to promote evil. Sin warps love into lust, an honest desire to provide for one’s family into greed, and the law into a promoter of sin.
"But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead."
Here Paul describes the dynamic where the warning “Don’t do that!” may become a call to action because of our sinful, rebellious hearts. It isn’t the fault of the commandment, but it is our fault.
In his book Confessions, the great theologian of the ancient church Augustine described how this dynamic worked in his life as a young man: ........
“There was a pear tree near our vineyard, laden with fruit. One stormy night we rascally youths set out to rob it and carry our spoils away. We took off a huge load of pears – not to feast upon ourselves, but to throw them to the pigs, though we ate just enough to have the pleasure of forbidden fruit. They were nice pears, but it was not the pears that my wretched soul coveted, for I had plenty better at home. I picked them simply in order to become a thief. The only feast I got was a feast of iniquity, and that I enjoyed to the full. What was it that I loved in the theft? Was it the pleasure of acting against the law? The desire to steal was awakened simply by the prohibition of stealing.”
Hmmmm. Sould familiar to anyone?????
Fact:......In American history, we know that the Prohibition Act didn’t stop drinking. In many ways it made drinking more attractive to people because of our desire to break boundaries set by the commandment.
Once God draws a boundary for us, we are immediately enticed to cross that boundary – which is no fault of God or His boundary, but the fault of our sinful hearts. How many people reading this DO NOT DRIVE OVER 70 ON THE INTERSTATE!
"Sin, taking opportunity by the commandment".
The weakness of the law isn’t in the law – it is in us. Our hearts are so wicked that they can find opportunity for all manner of evil desire from something good like the law of God.
A waterfront hotel in Florida was concerned that people might try to fish from the balconies so they put up signs saying......
“NO FISHING FROM THE BALCONY.”
They had constant problems with people fishing from the balconies, with lines and sinker weights breaking windows and bothering people in rooms below. They finally solved the problem by simply taking down the signs – and no one thought to fish from the balconies.
Because of our fallen nature, the law can actually work like an invitation to sin.
Apart from the law, sin was dead:
This shows how great the evil of sin is – it can take something good and holy like the law and twist it to promote evil. Sin warps love into lust, an honest desire to provide for one’s family into greed, and the law into a promoter of sin.
Romans 7:10..............
"And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death."
Oh the tragedy of the person who seeks to live by the Law! It leads him to death!
And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death: Sin does this by deception. Sin deceives us by.........
Because sin falsely promises satisfaction.
Because sin falsely claims an adequate excuse.
Because sin falsely promises an escape from punishment.
"And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death."
Oh the tragedy of the person who seeks to live by the Law! It leads him to death!
And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death: Sin does this by deception. Sin deceives us by.........
Because sin falsely promises satisfaction.
Because sin falsely claims an adequate excuse.
Because sin falsely promises an escape from punishment.
Romans 7:11.............
"For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me."
Paul repeats an idea he introduced in verse 8 of this chapter.
Paul describes sin as deceiving him or leading him astray. Sin lied to Paul, as it lies to all of us. How does sin lead us astray?
It convinces us that acting on our own desires is better in some way than obeying God. As the serpent did with Eve in the garden, sin says to us, "God is not good" or "You will not surely die."
The truth, though, is that God is good, and that sin always leads to death. Paul writes here that sin's deception killed him, metaphorically speaking, describing his spiritual death and separation from God. Sin does the same to all of us, and the law makes us aware of our sinfulness.
"For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me."
Paul repeats an idea he introduced in verse 8 of this chapter.
Paul describes sin as deceiving him or leading him astray. Sin lied to Paul, as it lies to all of us. How does sin lead us astray?
It convinces us that acting on our own desires is better in some way than obeying God. As the serpent did with Eve in the garden, sin says to us, "God is not good" or "You will not surely die."
The truth, though, is that God is good, and that sin always leads to death. Paul writes here that sin's deception killed him, metaphorically speaking, describing his spiritual death and separation from God. Sin does the same to all of us, and the law makes us aware of our sinfulness.
Romans 7:12.................
"Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good."
There was and is nothing wrong with the Law of God. The problem is humanity. We are the "X" factor in the equation of life. We are the one who can not be trusted.
The Law of God is good because God is good!
"Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good."
There was and is nothing wrong with the Law of God. The problem is humanity. We are the "X" factor in the equation of life. We are the one who can not be trusted.
The Law of God is good because God is good!
Romans 7:13........
"Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful."
Is this a strange paradox or what??????????? Is it a perversion of a good thing?
The commandment was totally incapable of communication life to man. Man must have recourse to help him from the outside, because the commandment intensified the awfulness of sin!
"Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful."
Is this a strange paradox or what??????????? Is it a perversion of a good thing?
The commandment was totally incapable of communication life to man. Man must have recourse to help him from the outside, because the commandment intensified the awfulness of sin!
Romans 7:14.................
"For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin."
This is Paul's testimony!
"But I am carnal" = I am in the flesh (Greek is sarkinos).
Carnality refers to this old human mind and spirit and nature which live in our fleshly bodies. That means the whole body is contaminated by sin!
Example.....Look at the face of a precious 1 month old baby. Take a picture! Then look at that face 50 years later. Sin will have written indelible lines on that face and even the body!
Beginning right here, we have a Bible scholar argument. Many say that Paul is describing his life before he was saved and many say the opposite.
I AM NOT A SCOLAR in any way but personally I believe that it is most likely, Paul is speaking from a here-and-now standpoint, about his own experience.
I say that because in the original Greek, Paul has shifted, in this very section, to using first-person, single-person, present-tense words. Earlier passages spoke from a plural voice, or a future tense. In a literal, grammatical sense, Paul has made a noticeable shift in his language, which suggests this is a very personal and literal discussion.
Here Paul writes that we know that the law is spiritual. It is commonly understood among Christians that the law was about a human being's spiritual condition. Perhaps, if we were simply spiritual beings, we might be able to keep the law. The problem, Paul writes, is that he is—and by extension, we all are—"fleshly" beings, or "of the flesh."
Paul exists in a body and that body is driven by sinful desires. In addition, Paul describes himself as living in a body, flesh, which has been "sold under sin."
Those who believe Paul is describing his life before being a Christian understand him to be talking about being a slave to sin, under its power and authority. In the previous chapter, Paul described slavery to sin as a condition of non-Christians (Romans 6:20). Those who see Paul as describing his life as a Christian hear him saying that his body, his flesh, was previously sold as a slave to sin and still desires sinful things, though he has been freed from sin through faith in Christ.
His broader point is that it is the flesh, our unspiritual minds and bodies, which contains those sinful desires and impulses that keep us from obeying God's spiritual law.
"For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin."
This is Paul's testimony!
"But I am carnal" = I am in the flesh (Greek is sarkinos).
Carnality refers to this old human mind and spirit and nature which live in our fleshly bodies. That means the whole body is contaminated by sin!
Example.....Look at the face of a precious 1 month old baby. Take a picture! Then look at that face 50 years later. Sin will have written indelible lines on that face and even the body!
Beginning right here, we have a Bible scholar argument. Many say that Paul is describing his life before he was saved and many say the opposite.
I AM NOT A SCOLAR in any way but personally I believe that it is most likely, Paul is speaking from a here-and-now standpoint, about his own experience.
I say that because in the original Greek, Paul has shifted, in this very section, to using first-person, single-person, present-tense words. Earlier passages spoke from a plural voice, or a future tense. In a literal, grammatical sense, Paul has made a noticeable shift in his language, which suggests this is a very personal and literal discussion.
Here Paul writes that we know that the law is spiritual. It is commonly understood among Christians that the law was about a human being's spiritual condition. Perhaps, if we were simply spiritual beings, we might be able to keep the law. The problem, Paul writes, is that he is—and by extension, we all are—"fleshly" beings, or "of the flesh."
Paul exists in a body and that body is driven by sinful desires. In addition, Paul describes himself as living in a body, flesh, which has been "sold under sin."
Those who believe Paul is describing his life before being a Christian understand him to be talking about being a slave to sin, under its power and authority. In the previous chapter, Paul described slavery to sin as a condition of non-Christians (Romans 6:20). Those who see Paul as describing his life as a Christian hear him saying that his body, his flesh, was previously sold as a slave to sin and still desires sinful things, though he has been freed from sin through faith in Christ.
His broader point is that it is the flesh, our unspiritual minds and bodies, which contains those sinful desires and impulses that keep us from obeying God's spiritual law.
Romans 7:15...............THE STRUGGLE OF A SAVED SOUL
"For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I."
MAKE NO MISTAKE HERE. THIS IS YOU AND ME ON DISPLAY!
Right here we have the explanation of the TWO natures at war within our bodies. The Old verses the New!
"For what I would do" = the New Nature. It is what we want to do because we know it is the right thing to do.
"That I do I not" = The Old Nature that rebels and wants to do the things we know is not right.
Now I am too old and been around too long for anyone to tell me.........."That is not me preacher"!
Save that for your momma my friend because I know better. We are all in the same boat without a paddle!
Paul is telling us of his own experiences and we can remove his name and put ours in his place.
Paul characterizes himself as a person who continually does the opposite of what he himself wants to do. Instead of doing the things he wants to do, he does what he hates, instead. This is frustrating—why is this happening?
Bible scholars who believe Paul is describing himself as a Christian, and I am one of those, believe that he is being deeply honest about ongoing struggle with sin. Although Christians have been freed from sin's power, we continue to live under its powerful influence. Sometimes we may feel exactly as Paul describes. We continue to do what we hate—we sin—even when we mean to do what was right. It's not that we are still slaves to sin, but that we are divided by our own competing desires.
Regardless of any disagreement about Paul's perspective here, Bible scholars agree that both non-Christians and Christians may express this feeling. Both may set out to do the right thing and find themselves doing a wrong thing, instead, without fully knowing why. This is part and parcel of being a fallible, mortal human being (2 Corinthians 5:2).
"For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I."
MAKE NO MISTAKE HERE. THIS IS YOU AND ME ON DISPLAY!
Right here we have the explanation of the TWO natures at war within our bodies. The Old verses the New!
"For what I would do" = the New Nature. It is what we want to do because we know it is the right thing to do.
"That I do I not" = The Old Nature that rebels and wants to do the things we know is not right.
Now I am too old and been around too long for anyone to tell me.........."That is not me preacher"!
Save that for your momma my friend because I know better. We are all in the same boat without a paddle!
Paul is telling us of his own experiences and we can remove his name and put ours in his place.
Paul characterizes himself as a person who continually does the opposite of what he himself wants to do. Instead of doing the things he wants to do, he does what he hates, instead. This is frustrating—why is this happening?
Bible scholars who believe Paul is describing himself as a Christian, and I am one of those, believe that he is being deeply honest about ongoing struggle with sin. Although Christians have been freed from sin's power, we continue to live under its powerful influence. Sometimes we may feel exactly as Paul describes. We continue to do what we hate—we sin—even when we mean to do what was right. It's not that we are still slaves to sin, but that we are divided by our own competing desires.
Regardless of any disagreement about Paul's perspective here, Bible scholars agree that both non-Christians and Christians may express this feeling. Both may set out to do the right thing and find themselves doing a wrong thing, instead, without fully knowing why. This is part and parcel of being a fallible, mortal human being (2 Corinthians 5:2).
Romans 7:16...........
"If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good."
When the old nature breaks the commandment, such as coveting, then the New nature agrees with the Law that coveting is wrong. Paul is not fighting the Law because he broke it. He was agreeing as a believer that the Law was good but that he could not keep it any more than you and I can.
"If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good."
When the old nature breaks the commandment, such as coveting, then the New nature agrees with the Law that coveting is wrong. Paul is not fighting the Law because he broke it. He was agreeing as a believer that the Law was good but that he could not keep it any more than you and I can.