Introduction: When we come to Romans 7 we discover that it is neatly divided into three (3) sections: 1-6, 7-12, and 13-25. Romans 7 is also misunderstood by many Christians. The message about God’s grace is so good that many find it difficult to believe that we are not under the law, but under grace. Further than that, God does not expect you keep the law, in fact you can’t keep the law. Yet the law is still good for the purpose for which God gave it. For later in chapter 7 Paul says that it is through the law that he came to know sin. Another issue that is presented in this chapter is the illustration of marriage to show how Christians have been freed from law in order to be married to Jesus Christ. Yet a third problem presents itself in the later part of the chapter when Paul discusses the issue of sin in the life. Is he talking about sin in his life before he became a born-again believer, or sin in his life as a believer in Christ? In each case the problem of application is very real.
Introduction: When Romans 5:20 says, “the law entered,” it recognizes that the law had a beginning. The only “law” given to Adam was not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. No Law was given to the children of Israel until the time of Moses. Until the law was given the people of God were sustained by a faithful, merciful, and gracious God. God bore them on eagle’s wings throughout their wanderings. But they chose to live under the covenant of works rather than the covenant of grace, when they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” (Ex.19:8) God then gave them the Law from Mount Sinai as well as additional numerous rules and regulations. The Law that God gave them from Mount Sinai was impossible for them to keep. Yet they chose to live under it rather than depend on God’s sustaining grace. And such has been the case throughout all generations
