One minute Paul says we’re “released from the law (Romans 7:6),” but the next minute he says “the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good (verse 12).” So, why would God release us from the law when it’s holy and good? Because the law “brought death (verse 10).” [...]
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Is the law done away? That’s the question. And the answer from Paul is “Yes, it is done away” – as a means of dealing with our nature, because our nature is far too powerful for any law to change it. But Paul answers “No” to that question, too. No, God’s [...]
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For those who attach great importance to God’s law and the 10 commandments it must be confusing when Paul writes “you are not under the law (Romans 6:14),” “you died to the law (Romans 7:4),” “we have been released from the law (Romans 7:6),” and “the law has authority over a man only [...]
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Is the law done away? Yes, as a means of dealing with human nature, because the lesson we learn from Israel in the Old Testament is that the law is not powerful enough to contain or control our passions. Our nature is so powerful it knocks the props right out from any law [...]
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The problem with God’s law is that, wonderful and holy though it is, it can’t do anything about our sinful nature or our sinful passions. In fact, according to Paul, the law only rouses our sinful passions, not controls them, Romans 7:5. Tell a child not to do something, for instance, and what [...]
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Isn’t it terribly risky for God to remove the law’s authority over us? No, because it frees us up to “belong to another (Romans 7:4),” and whoever this “another” is it’s obviously a whole lot better than who we belonged to before. So, who did we belong to before? To sin. [...]
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We could easily be excused for thinking God’s law is done away by Romans 6:14 which says, “For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.” Does that mean God’s law has no jurisdiction over us anymore, and it ceases to exist? Paul answers that [...]
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