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Romans 7:7–12 NASB95 7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; 10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me; 11 for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
What is the relationship between the Law and sin?
1. The Law EXPOSES sin.
2. The Law PROVOKES sin.
3. The Law CONDEMNS sin.
*Outline adapted from John Stott, “The Message of Romans”
The Big Idea (7:7-12): God's commands are good, WE’RE the problem (i.e. our SIN NATURE)
Sin’s Deceptions:
1) “Is it really a SIN?”
Genesis 3:1 ESV 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
2) “It’ll be OK, nothing BAD will happen to you.”
Genesis 3:4 ESV 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
3) “God is KEEPING you from something GOOD, FUN, and EXCITING.”
Genesis 3:5 ESV 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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Romans 7:7–12 NASB95 7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; 10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me; 11 for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
What is the relationship between the Law and sin?
1. The Law EXPOSES sin.
2. The Law PROVOKES sin.
3. The Law CONDEMNS sin.
*Outline adapted from John Stott, “The Message of Romans”
The Big Idea (7:7-12): God's commands are good, WE’RE the problem (i.e. our SIN NATURE)
Sin’s Deceptions:
1) “Is it really a SIN?”
Genesis 3:1 ESV 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
2) “It’ll be OK, nothing BAD will happen to you.”
Genesis 3:4 ESV 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
3) “God is KEEPING you from something GOOD, FUN, and EXCITING.”
Genesis 3:5 ESV 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”