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Some good questions
(insert Death brings uniting picture here?
One more time we come to a bridge section, this time between Rom6:15 and Rom7:1-6.
Maybe give you the other passage as a reminder so you can see the bridge.
Paul loves to build bridges from one section to another , one point leading to another point.
Paul also likes using illustrations.
Abraham in chapter 4
Slavery in chapter 6
Well, in reality he had a great teacher who loved to speak in parables and use illustrations.
On one side of the bride we see death to self/life to Christ, and in our section tonight we will see death to the Law for a majority of chapter seven.
First look at the slide, can you answer the question?
Previously in chapter-6 we looked at death, the who, why, what and the benefits of it.
This morning we will see an illustration about the death of being under the law of God, dead to sin.
The principle to be illustrated (Rom7:1)
The principle illustrated (Rom7:2-3)
Application of the principle (Rom7:4-6)
Now, of course we need to look at the passage as a whole first; make some observations and ask some questions.
What general observations do you make?
Who is Paul addressing (v.1)?
Jewish brethren who know, lived under the law, that the law had jurisdiction over.
What important fact does he make (v.1)?
The law had jurisdiction or dominion over someone only as long as he lives.
A woman is bound to husband while living, but if he dies then what (v.2-3)?
Released from the law for her husband has died.
How did you died according to (v.4)?
You died through the body of Christ
Why did you need to die, what is the “so that” (v.4)?
So that you might be joined to another (to Him; to Christ) so that you may bear fruit,
What did the members of our body do when we lived by the flesh (v.5)?
We were bearing fruit for death
Now being released from the law, what are we to do (v.6)?
Serve in the newness of the Spirit
Principle to be Illustrated
Who likes to talk about death?
In the flesh it can be a very hard thing, but spiritually we should be excited to talk about our death, burial and resurrection to a new life in Christ.
Death nullifies all contracts
Have you ever seen a dead person taken to court for breaking a contract?
I don’t think so
Law only had jurisdiction while a person is alive.
Death loses dominion over a dead man.
We are to be reminded we are dead to sin.
In Chapter-6 we looked at death
Whose - YOURS
Why - Because of YOUR faith
When -When baptized
What are results: Newness of life; a resurrected life, a dead body coming back to life
The benefits: YOUR eternal life
It’s not the Law is dead, it is not that sin is dead, it is YOU are dead to sin and the law.
The principle to be illustrated is death nullified all contracts
The Principle Illustrated
If only the law would died we would be free from its hold on us, but it is in excellent health (consider Mt5:18).
Paul uses the law of marriage as his illustration.
A woman by law if bound to her husband as long as he lives (7:2)
A woman released from the law if he dies (7:2-3)
It is not the law that died, it is the husband
Remember you died to the law to the slave master, to the husband, sin.
Christians are dead to the law through the body of Christ (Rom6:1-7; Col2:13-14)
I’m not going to put up the Rom6:1-7 passage we have read it many times, used it many times, studied it recently too.
A person cannot be joined to another until the first one is done away with (see Rom6:14-16)
You needed to be out from under the law to be joined to Christ.
You are freed from the law and joined to Christ by faith when you are baptized and your sins are forgiven.
Jon Courson says:
“Because the Christian who finally throws off the yoke of legalism inevitably becomes fruitful, churches grow whenever believers become excited about their relationship with Jesus.”
You died in Christ (Gal2:20)
So, don’t sweat it when you fall short in your Christianity at times, you are not bound by law, but by heart.
So you fall short in prayer at times, start praying, in studying, study.
It’s not about rules it is about heart!
You, because of your place in grace now are free to love and serve the Lord, not under compulsion, but freely, cheerfully and willingly.
Principle Applied
What good is a principle stated, illustrated if not then applied?
We now get to the focal point of this passage.
How can we be joined together since we are dead to the law (v.4)?
What is the purpose of being joined together (v.4)?
Consider, what kind of fruit are we to bear?
What kind of fruit were we bearing before (v.5)?
Why?
What were we bound to before (v.6)?
How did we die?
where did we die?
Why did we die?
Some may think that Paul is confused, we are gentiles never under the law.
But we were, the law of God when we were unsaved.
We were condemned.
But when we trusted Christ by faith and obedience we died to the law just as we died to the flesh (sin).
Remember the graveyard has no security guards, for a dead person cannot do anything.
We were delivered from the power of the law, it has no authority over a dead person.
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Some comparisons for your consideration.
Death and uniting:
Rom6 Freedom from sin; Rom7 Freedom from law
Rom6 dead to sin (6:2) Rom7 dead to law (Rom7:4)
Rom6 union with Christ (6:3); Rom 7 union through the body of Christ (7:4)
Rom6 shared in the resurrection (6:4-5); Shared with Him who was raised from the dead (7:4)
Unsaved and saved comparisons
Marred to sin, bound by the law,wife to Adam, bringing forth fruit leading to death
Now married to Christ, righteousness, free from the law, wife to Christ, bringing forth fruit resulting in sanctification and eternal life.
Now released to a new way.
Dead to the way that bound us, now able to serve in the newness of life through the Spirit, not the oldness of the letter of the law.
Now that we know what we know, what are we going to do with it?
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