Romans 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law (ISRAEL), how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
PAUL WAS TEACHING ABOUT THE LAW.
THE LAW WILL BE WITH YOU FOREVER. IT'S NOT BAD, MEN FALL SHORT.
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.
ISRAEL ALLOWED TO REMARRY IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS CHAPTER.
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 the law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
REMARRIAGE IS LAWFUL IF THE HUSBAND IS DEAD.
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.
YOU ARE FREE TO REMARRY SPIRITUALLY.
BRINGING FORTH FRUIT IS TO PASS THE GOOD NEWS.
7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions (CRAVINGS) of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
THE FLESH BRINGS DESIRES AND CRAVINGS THAT IS AGAINST GOD, BUT THANK GOD FOR REPENTANCE.
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.
WHEN YOU ACCEPT CHRIST, YOU ARE RECONCILED WITH GOD. CRAVINGS WILL BE THERE BUT YOU CAN FIGHT THEM WITH YOUR SPIRITUAL SELF.
IF YOU FALL SHORT, REPENT.
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."
THE LAW IS OUR SCHOOLMASTER; IT POINTS OUT OUR SINS.
A SIN IS A TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW (I JOHN 3:4).
7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence (DESIRE TO COVET). For without the law sin was dead.
7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
WHEN YOU LEARN THE LAW, YOU SET YOURSELF UP FOR CONVICTION AND SPIRITUAL DEATH IF YOU BREAK IT AND WON'T REPENT.
7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
PAUL WAS AN EXCELLENT HEBREW SCHOLAR BUT HE MISSED ISAIAH 7:14 THAT TALKS ABOUT CHRIST.
WHY? BECAUSE HIS EYES WERE NOT OPENED YET TO SEE THE TRUTH.
7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
THE LAW WILL NEVER DO YOU HARM BECAUSE GOD MADE IT.
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.
MANIFESTATION OF THE EVIL OF SIN TO THE CONSCIENCE.
BEFORE PAUL KNEW THE TRUTH, HE PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS.
7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal (FLESH), sold under sin.
THE FLESH MAN IS SINFUL BY NATURE.
WHEN YOU SIN TALK TO HIM. REPENT AND ASK HIM TO HELP YOU OVERCOME YOUR WEAKNESSES.
7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I do not; but what I hate, that do I.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I DO THE THINGS I DO WHEN I FALL SHORT.
7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
WHEN I BREAK THE LAW IT'S ME MESSING UP. THE LAW IS GOOD.
THE INWARD MAN KNOWS RIGHT FROM WRONG.
7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not.
IN OTHER WORDS, SOMETIMES I WANT TO DO THINGS RIGHT BUT I FALL SHORT.
WHEN YOU HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, THE FLESH BETRAYS YOU.
7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
SOMETIMES WE LISTEN TO THE FLESH INSTEAD OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN.
THE BEAUTY OF CHRISTIANITY IS THAT GOD FORGIVES AFTER REPENTANCE.
7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
SOMETIMES WE ALLOW OUR SINFUL FLESH TO TAKE OVER THE SPIRITUAL SELF.
7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me (WHEN I WANT TO DO GOOD FLESH TAKES OVER).
7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
I LOVE GOD'S LAW FOR THE INWARD SPIRITUAL MAN.
7:23 But I see another law in my members (THE MANYMEMBERED BODY OF CHRIST), warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
PAUL'S CONFLICT BETWEEN THE FLESH AND SPIRITUAL MAN.
DISCIPLE YOURSELF IN THE WORD OF GOD.
DON'T ALLOW YOUR SINFUL NATURE TO CONSUME YOU.
WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE UP AGAINST IT IS A LOT EASIER TO HANDLE IT.
7:24 O wretched man (FLESH MAN) that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death (THE FLESH).
7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind (SPIRITUAL MAN) I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
THIS IS THE EXPERIENCE OF EVERYONE WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE GRACE OF GOD, AND HAS RECEIVED THE GIFT OF THE NEW NATURE AS THE SIGN OF GOD'S JUSTIFICATION. NOT THE EXPERIENCE OF ONE MAN IN TWO SUCCESSIVE STAGES, BUT THE CO-EXISTENCE OF THE TWO EXPERIENCES IN THE ONE MAN AT THE SAME TIME.
GOD BLESS
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