Bible study

Romans 7 & the Law The questions

(1). Paul says V-2 "for example , a married woman is by law bound to her husband " (1) . But how can she be unbound to him ?

(2).By the law V-3 "If , therefore , in her husband's lifetime she consorts with another man , she will incur the charge of adultery;" (2). How can she be set free from this in V-3 & 4 ?

(3).Paul says V-4 "So you , my friends , have died to the law" (3). How?

(4).V-5 "While we lived on the level of our lower nature , the sinful passions evoked by the law worked in our body's, to bear fruit for death." (4). But now having found Jesus Christ What happens?

(5). V-8 what law is Paul talking about ?

(6).V-8 Paul says " Through that commandment sin found its opportunity , and produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. In the absence of law , sin is a dead thing. There was a time when , in the absence of law , I was fully alive , but when the commandment came , sin sprang to life and I died. The commandment which should have led to life proved in my experience to lead to death, because sin found its opportunity in the commandment , seduced me , and through the contentment killed me.(6).V-12 Paul says what about the commandment?

(7).V- 17 " But as things are , it is no longer I who perform the action , but sin that lodges in me . For I know that nothing good lodges in me - in my nonspiritual nature , I mean - for though the will to do good is there , the deed is not. The good which I want to do , I fail to do ; but what I do is the wrong which is against my will ; and if what I do is against my will , clearly it is no longer I who am the agent , but sin that has its lodging in me".(7).V-25 Paul says who is there to rescue him ?

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Romans 7 & the answers

(1). v-2 "While he lives ; but if her husband dies , she is discharged from the obligation of the marriahe - law."

(2). "But if her husband dies she is free of the law , and she does not commit adultery by consorting with another man."

(3)."By becoming identified with the body of Christ , and accordingly you have found another husband in him who rose from the dead, so that we may bear fruit for God."

(4).V-6 " But now , having died to that which held us bound , we are discharged from the law , to serve God in a new way , the way of the spirit , in contrast to the old way , the way of a written code." Note; So to be forgiven all sins is to Repent, believe, & ask to be forgiven .

(5).Thou shalt not covet

(6). "Therefore the law is in itself holy , and the commandment is holy and just and good."

(7).V-25 " who is there to rescue me out of this body doomed to death ? God alone , through Jesus Christ our Lord ! Thanks be to God "