Bible Questions #4812-4925

By Joyce Webb

Romans Chapter 7 Verses 1-25

4812. Paul is speaking to people who know the l_______ (the Old Testament laws).

4813. A woman is bound (tied to, joined) her husband as long as he ______________.
But if the husband is _______________ then she is loosed or free from her husband.

4814. So, as long as her husband lives, if she m_____________ another man—–she does ad______________________.

If her husband is dead, she is free. She can marry another man.

4815. Vs. 4 Paul speaks of our spiritual relationship with God.

Since Christ has come—-people are dead to the old law. They can be “married” to C_______________.

4816. Vs. 5 Before—we did sins of the flesh. The law told us these things were wrong. These sins would bring d_____________.

4817. Vs. 6 But now,—we are delivered (free from) the law.
We are dead to the law. Now we have new l___________ in the spirit. This new life does not come from the old law.

4818. Vs. 7 Was the law sin? No. But man did not know they were doing sin—-except that the law said those things were sin.
Man would not know that lust was sin—except that the law told him—”Do not c_____________.”

4819. Vs. 8 (Last part of the verse.) Without the law—sin was d_____________.

4820. Vs. 9 Man was alive before the law, but when the law was given, man saw the things he was doing —was a sin.

So, man became spiritually “dead” because of the s___________.

4921. Vs. 10 The law—-was given to show me the way to life—-but it showed me my s_________ which meant death.

4922. Vs. 11 In this way, it deceived me or tricked me. Vs. 12
The law is holy and good. Vs. 13 How is it that the good, holy law made death to me? Because it showed me my sin. My sin was working d_____________ in me.

4923. Vs. 14 The law is s____________________. Man is a person, Man is c_____________________ (of the body, flesh—not spirit).

4924. Vs. 15 -23 My body and spirit are at war with each other.

The things I do not want to do—-in weakness—I yield to temptation and do them.

The things I want to do—-my weakness to sin—- keeps me from doing the right thing.

It is the sin in my nature—-that makes me do the wrong thing—-rather than do the right thing.

4925. Vs. 24, 25 This is terrible ! How can I change this?

I thank God—it is through J__________ C____________ our Lord—-that I can with my mind and spirit—I can serve and desire to obey the law of God. Even if my flesh keeps wanting to serve and desire s_________.

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Paul gives much writing to the Jewish people—-trying to show them that the Old Testament laws—-were written to show them what things were sin.

Before the laws were given—–men did not know that the things they were doing were wrong and sinful in God’s eyes.

The law told them that those things were sinful.

Sin is going against God. Sin is disobeying God. Adam disobeyed God.

God told Adam his disobeying would bring death.

God killed two animals and took their skins to make clothing for Adam and Eve. The animals died to cover man’s naked body.

(Adam did not see his naked body as wrong or sinful—until he disobeyed God and sinned.  Then Adam took leaves to cover himself.

His “nakedness” became shameful.  It was because of his sin.)

God told them to take a lamb. Kill it. Put it on an altar. God would forgive the man’s sin.

The lamb would die—-instead of the man.

Then Jesus came. He died—like the lamb—-for the people’s sin.

The lamb was an animal—not a person.

Jesus was a person. A perfect person who did not sin.

He was innocence. Yet he died—blamed for sinning.

He took man’s place in death.

He was the perfect sacrifice—death. No other sacrifice death needs to be made.

God accepted Jesus’ death as payment for man’s sin.

Man’s sin has been pain in full.

Man does not have to pay for his own sin.

He can come to Jesus and ask Jesus to forgive his sin and take his sin away.

Jesus is the only one who can do it—-because Jesus is the one who died to pay for sin.

Paul is trying to show the Jewish people—-that their hope of salvation and life forever is not because of their obeying the Old Testament laws.

Hope of salvation and life forever is in believing in Jesus and putting their faith and trust in Him.