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SSS4 : Epistle to the Romans : Lesson 36

Text: Romans 7
17 December 2017

1. The Law (Romans 7:13)

Has then what is good become death to me?
Certainly not!

2. The Nature of sin (Romans 7:13)

a) Sin revealed
b) It produces death through what is good
c) Sin is exceedingly sinful

3. The Law and Man (Romans 7:14)

a) The Law
It is spiritual
b) Man
i) Carnal
ii) Sold under sin (a slave)

4. The conflict (Romans 7:15)

a) What I am doing
I do not understand
b) What I will to do
I do not practise
c) What I hate
That I do

5. An analysis of the nature of the Law (Romans 7:16)

a) I agree with the Law that it is good

b) The Law teaches us what we ought to do (the good things)

6. The Sin that indwells (Romans 7:17-20)

a) It is no longer I
b) But sin that dwells in me
c) In the flesh nothing good dwells
d) The will is present with me
e) But how to perform what is good I do not find
f) Sin can overcome good intentions