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ROMANS 7
LESSON #9
THE BELIEVERS RELATIONSHIP TO THE MOSAIC LAW
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 7:6
READ ROMANS 7:1-6 IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL MAN & HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THELAW.
HERE IS SOMETHING TO KNOW:
THAT THE POWER OF THE LAW ENDS AT DEATH.
PAUL’S EXAMPLE: MARRIAGE
THE LAW OF MARRIAGE IS BINDING TO A WOMAN AS LONG AS HER HUSBAND LIVES
**WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS?
THE POWER OF THE MOSAIC LAW OVER NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS ENDED WHEN CHRIST DIED ON THECROSS. THE SPIRITUAL MAN IS DEAD TO THE LAW AND MARRIED TO CHRIST (4)
THE BELIEVER’S RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAW:
1. THE CIVIL AND JUDICIAL LAW OF THE MOSAIC COVENANT
HAVE BEEN FULFILLED AND ARE NO LONGER BINDING ON THE
BELIEVER. ROM 6:14 EPH 2:14
2. THE CEREMONIAL LAW (JUDAISTIC RITUAL) OF THE MOSAIC COVENANT HAS BEEN FULFILLED ANDIS NO LONGER BINDING ON THE BELIEVER.
COL 2:14 HEB 9
3. THE MORAL LAW OF THE MOSAIC COVENANT HAS IN SOME
SENSE BEEN FULFILLED AND IS NO LONGER BINDING ON THE BELIEVER.
THE BELIEVER IS NO LONGER UNDER ITS LEGALISTIC CODE OR UNDER ITS CONDEMNATION. NO PENALYOF THE LAW OR POWER OF THE LAW IS
OVER THE BELIEVER. ROM 7:6
4. THE MORAL LAW OF THE MOSAIC COVENANT IN SOME SENSE IS STILL BINDING ONBELIEVERS. BELIEVERS ARE STILL UNDER ITS STANDARDS.
ITS STANDARDS ARE THE CHARACTER OF GOD AND HE HASN’T CHANGED. THEREFORE, MORAL HOLINESS ISSTILL REQUIRED BY GOD ICO 9:21 ROM 8:2
READ ROMANS 7:7-13 IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT THE NATURAL MAN & HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAW.(REMEMBER, THE NATURAL MAN IS THE NON-BELIEVER). THE LAW IS FOR THE NATURAL MAN.
FIVE TRUTHS CONCERNING SIN AND THE LAW
1. THE LAW REVEALS SIN AND LUST (7:7)
2. THE LAW GAVE SIN A BASE OF OPERATION TO STIR US TO MORE LUST (7:8) SO THAT WE WOULDRECOGNIZE WE CANT LIVE UP TO THE LAW IN OUR OWN STRENGTH BUT NEED A SAVIOR.
3. THE LAW REQUIRES DEATH EVEN THOUGH IT COULD PRODUCE LIFE (7:9-11).
THE LAW COULD PRODUCE LIFE IF ANYONE COULD KEEP IT PERFECTLY. THATS THE PROBLEM. NOHUMAN BEING CAN KEEP THE LAW PERFECTLY.
4. THE LAW IS GOOD AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT REVEALS OUR SIN (7:12-13).
5.IT REVEALS THAT IN MY FLESH NATURE THERE IS NO GOOD THING (7:18).
ALL MEN KNOW WITHIN THEMSELVES THAT THEY FALL SHORT OF LIVING UP TO THE LAW PERFECTLY.
READ ROMANS 7:14-25 IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT THE CARNAL MAN & HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAW.(REMEMBER THE CARNAL MAN IS THE SAVED BELIEVER WHO IS NOT LIVING IN A MANNER PLEASING TOGOD.)
HERE IS SOMETHING TO KNOW:
THAT THE LAW IS SPIRITUAL AND THE CARNAL MAN IS SOLD UNDER SIN (14)
THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW:
1. KNOW THAT WE WERE BAPTIZED INTO JESUS’ DEATHROM 6:3
2. KNOW THAT OUR OLD MAN IS CRUCIFIED ROM 6:6
3. KNOW THAT CHRIST, RAISED FROM THE DEAD, DIES NO
MORE SO DEATH HAS NO DOMINION OVER HIM ROM 6:9
4. KNOW THAT WE ARE SERVANTS TO WHOM WE OBEY ROM 6:16
IF YOU OBEY CHRIST, YOU ARE A SERVANT TO CHRIST.
IF YOU OBEY SIN, YOU ARE A SERVANT TO SIN.
5. KNOW THAT THE POWER OF THE LAW (MOSAIC LAW) ENDS
AT DEATH ROM 7:1
6. KNOW THAT THE LAW IS SPIRITUAL AND THE
CARNAL MAN IS SOLD UNDER SIN ROM 7:14
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THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO NATURES (THE CARNAL MAN)
1. I DON’T KNOW WHY I DO THE THINGS I DO (15)
2. I DON’T DO WHAT I WANT TO DO (15)
3. I DO THE THINGS I HATE (15)
4. IF I DO THE THINGS I HATE, I’M AGREEING THAT THE LAW IS HOLY (16)
5. IT’S NOT I THAT DO IT, BUT SIN IN ME THAT DOES THESE THINGS. (17)
THE FLESH NATURE: THIS VERSE (17) IS OFTEN TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE BATTLE:
1.THERE’S NO GOOD THING IN MY FLESH NATURE (18)
2.THERE’S NO ABILITY WITHIN ME TO DO GOOD (18)
3.INSTEAD OF PRACTICING GOOD, I PRACTICE EVIL (19)
IT .SEEMS PRETTY HOPELESS, BUT THE ANSWER IS WALKING IN THE SPIRIT.
VERSE 21 THE LAW:
EIGHT LAWS DIFFERENTIATED IN ROMANS ROM 7:1-8:4
1. LAW OF MOSES (MOSAIC LAW) ROM 3:19
WHICH CONDEMNS
2. LAW AS A PRINCIPLE ROM 3:21
WHICH EXISTS AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE IN THE UNIVERSE
WHICH IS PART OF GOD’S GENERAL REVELATION TO MAN
3. LAW OF FAITH ROM 3:27
WHICH EXCLUDES SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
4. LAW OF SIN IN THE MEMBERS (FLESH NATURE)
ROM 7:21,23,25
WHICH IS VICTORIOUS OVER THE LAW OF THE MIND
5. LAW OF THE MIND ROM 7:16,23
WHICH CONSENTS TO THE LAW OF MOSES BUT CANNOT DO IT BECAUSE OF THE LAW OF SIN IN THEMEMBERS
6. LAW OF THE SPIRIT ROM 8:2,4
WHICH HAS THE POWER TO DELIVER THE BELIEVER FROM THE LAW OF SIN IN HIS MEMBERS AND TODELIVER HIS CONSCIENCE FROM CONDEMNATION BY THE MOSAIC LAW
7. LAW OF SIN AND DEATH ROM 8:2
WHICH RESULTS WHEN THE LAW OF SIN IN THE MEMBERS IS CONTINUALLY SERVED
8. LAW OF GOD ROM 7:25
WHICH IS THE RESULT OF EXERCISING THE LAW OF FAITH AND WALKING IN THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT
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SUMMARY:
OUTLINE OF ROMANS 7:1-25
III.DELIVERANCE FROM THE DEMANDS OF THE LAW ROM 7:1-25
A.THE LAW AND THE SPIRITUAL MAN ROM 7:1-6
1.HE KNOWS THE LAW’S POWER ENDS AT DEATH ROM 7:1-3
2.HE SHOWS THE LAW’S POWER ENDS AT DEATH ROM 7:4-6
B.THE LAW AND THE NATURAL MAN ROM 7:7-13
1.THE LAW EXPOSES THE HIDDEN NATURE OF SIN
ROM 7:7-9
2.THE LAW EXPOSES THE HIDEOUS NATURE OF SIN ROM 7:10-13
C.THE LAW AND THE CARNAL MAN ROM 7:14-25
1.THE LAW OF GOD OPERATING IN THE INNER MAN
2.THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH OPERATING THROUGH THE FLESH
HOMEWORK FOR ROMANS 8
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FORCORRECTION.
APPLICATION OF ROMANS 7
CONSIDER YOUR OWN PERSONAL BATTLE WITH TEMPTATION AND THE FLESH NATURE
WRITE SPECIFICALLY HOW SOME PRINCIPLES YOU LEARNED IN CHAPTER 7 CAN HELP YOU GAIN VICTORY
PREPARATION FOR ROMANS 8
READ ROMANS 8
WHAT IS THE NEW LAW? WHAT DOES THE NEW LAW DO FOR YOU?
HOW DO YOU WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT?
MAKE A CHART COMPARING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A CARNAL CHRISTIAN AND THE CHARACTERISTICSOF A SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN
MEMORY VERSE: ROM 8:1,2
