February 21, 2021

Our Death to the Law

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Romans 7:1-4

1 Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. 3 Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.

4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

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Our Death to the Law— Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Romans 7:1-4
Sermon Series: Romans (44th sermon)
February 21, 2021

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.   How does the context surrounding Romans 7 help us not to misinterpret Paul’s statement that we’ve died to the law?
2.   What is the basic principle that Paul begins with in this passage? How is it illustrated in vv. 2-3?
3.   To what extent should this passage be factored into our understanding of divorce and remarriage? What other texts should be consulted when dealing with these issues?
4.   How would you summarize Paul’s main point in v. 4? How does he draw on the theme of dying with Christ from chapter 6?
5.   What are the purposes for our death to the law? How do these inform our view of the Christian life?

References: Romans 6:14, 17-18; 5:17; 3:21; Galatians 4:4-5; Psalm 1; Romans 3:31; 8:4; Matthew 5:32; 19:9; 1 Corinthians 7:13-15; Ephesians 5:25; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Romans 14:8-9; 8:29; Ephesians 2:10.