ROMANS CHAPTER ROMANS 7:1-12 _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER SEVEN: I. Change of relationship from the Law to Christ Illustrated: Romans 7:1-6 II. The Dawn of Conscience: Romans 7:7-13 III. The defence of the Law: Romans 7:14-25 The sense of bondage which comes thr... [ Continue Reading ]
OR ARE YE IGNORANT, BRETHREN (FOR. SPEAK TO MEN WHO KNOW THE LAW), THAT THE LAW HATH DOMINION OVER. MAN FOR SO LONG TIME AS HE LIVETH? 'Or are ye ignorant' -'Or do you not know' (NASV). Any argument that says that the Christian is free to sin without consequence, is an argument based on ignorance.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE WOMAN THAT HATH. HUSBAND IS BOUND BY LAW TO THE HUSBAND WHILE HE LIVETH; BUT IF THE HUSBAND DIE, SHE IS DISCHARGED FROM THE LAW OF THE HUSBAND. 'Bound by law' -stands bound (Robertson p. 366) (Matthew 19:6) 'The married wife stands bound to the living husband by law. Certainly not only by... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THEN IF, WHILE THE HUSBAND LIVETH, SHE BE JOINED TO ANOTHER MAN, SHE SHALL BE CALLED AN ADULTERESS: BUT IF THE HUSBAND DIE, SHE IS FREE FROM THE LAW, SO THAT SHE IS NO ADULTERESS, THOUGH SHE BE JOINED TO ANOTHER MAN. 'Joined to another man' -'She be married' (KJV). Clearly divorce in inferred in... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE, MY BRETHREN, YE ALSO WERE MADE DEAD TO THE LAW THROUGH THE BODY OF CHRIST; THAT YE SHOULD BE JOINED TO ANOTHER, EVEN TO HIM WHO WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, THAT WE MIGHT BRING FORTH FRUIT UNTO GOD. "DEAD TO THE LAW" -don't make the mistake of thinking that Paul is saying, 'becoming. Christi... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WHEN WE WERE IN THE FLESH, THE SINFUL PASSIONS, WHICH WERE THROUGH THE LAW, WROUGHT IN OUR MEMBERS TO BRING FORTH FRUIT UNTO DEATH. "FOR" -here is the reason that we were released from. system of law and married to Christ. "For" under such. system we brought forth fruit unto death, instead of fr... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW WE HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE LAW, HAVING DIED TO THAT WHEREIN WE WERE HELD; SO THAT WE SERVE IN NEWNESS OF THE SPIRIT, AND NOT IN OLDNESS OF THE LETTER. "WE HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE LAW" -true of both Jews and Gentiles, for the Gentiles had 'law' too. (Romans 2:14-15) Some have argu... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN? IS THE LAW SIN? GOD FORBID. HOWBEIT,. HAD NOT KNOWN SIN, EXCEPT THROUGH THE LAW: FOR. HAD NOT KNOWN COVETING, EXCEPT THE LAW HAD SAID, THOU SHALT NOT COVET: "WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN?" -Another objection is anticipated. 'Then what shall we conclude' (Gspd) "IS THE LAW SIN?" 'I... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT SIN, FINDING OCCASION, WROUGHT IN ME THROUGH THE COMMANDMENT ALL MANNER OF COVETING: FOR APART FROM THE LAW SIN IS DEAD. "FINDING OCCASION" -'taking opportunity' (NASV), 'a starting-point,. base of operations' (Vincent p. 78) "WROUGHT IN ME" -'produced in me' (NASV); 'to arouse in me' (TCNT); '... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. WAS ALIVE APART FROM THE LAW ONCE: BUT WHEN THE COMMANDMENT CAME, SIN REVIVED, AND. DIED; "I WAS ALIVE APART FROM THE LAW ONCE" -but if Calvinism is true (Total Hereditary Depravity, i.e. one is born in sin, born dead), Paul was never alive at anytime prior to his becoming. Christian. "WHEN TH... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE COMMANDMENT, WHICH WAS UNTO LIFE, THIS. FOUND TO BE UNTO DEATH: "UNTO LIFE" -'designed to bring me life' (Wey) "Do this and live" he had heard. The Law was to regulate the living. Paul said: "Apart from the law. was alive", and what happened? That which was to regulate and result in continue... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR SIN, FINDING OCCASION, THROUGH THE COMMANDMENT BEGUILED ME, AND THROUGH IT SLEW ME. "BEGUILED ME" -1818. exapatao ex-ap-at-ah'-o; from 1537 and 538; to seduce wholly: -beguile, deceive. 'And this is the case history of the race. This is only. lightly-veiled allusion to the experience of Eve whe... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THAT THE LAW IS HOLY, AND THE COMMANDMENT HOLY, AND RIGHTEOUS, AND GOOD. There is nothing wrong with God's law, the problem lies with us, we allow ourselves to become convinced that the commands of God are not in our best interest. We don't trust God enough. (1 John 5:3) The law is not. promoter... [ Continue Reading ]
DID THEN THAT WHICH IS GOOD BECOME DEATH UNTO ME? GOD FORBID. BUT SIN, THAT IT MIGHT BE SHOWN TO BE SIN, BY WORKING DEATH TO ME THROUGH THAT WHICH IS GOOD;--THAT THROUGH THE COMMANDMENT SIN MIGHT BECOME EXCEEDING SINFUL. "DID THEN THAT WHICH IS GOOD BECOME DEATH UNTO ME?" -"become"-'become. CAUSE OF... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE KNOW THAT THE LAW IS SPIRITUAL: BUT. AM CARNAL, SOLD UNDER SIN. "THE LAW IS SPIRITUAL" -the law cannot be sin, for it is spiritual-i.e. it is of divine origin. (Hebrews 1:1) Spirit-caused and spirit-given (1 Peter 1:20). So much for those that claim that the O.T. is myth or the product of mer... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THAT WHICH. DO. KNOW NOT: FOR NOT WHAT. WOULD, THAT DO. PRACTISE; BUT WHAT. HATE, THAT. DO. "FOR THAT WHICH. DO" -'In this and several verses to follow we hear of utter frustration. But we need to get it clear what the frustration has to do with. Is Paul here saying (as the representative for th... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF WHAT. WOULD NOT, THAT. DO,. CONSENT UNTO THE LAW THAT IT IS GOOD. "I CONSENT" -"I agree with the Law" (NASV); Lit., to speak together with; concur with (Vincent p. 81) This isn't. depraved person! _ Here is. great test of honesty. How many Christians 'agree' that God's law is good? How many... [ Continue Reading ]
SO NOW IT IS NO MORE. THAT DO IT, BUT SIN WHICH DWELLETH IN ME. "NO MORE. THAT DO IT" -clearly Paul isn't saying that he is not responsible for his sins, or that he can't help himself. (Romans 6:12; Romans 6:16; Romans 6:19) In the previous verse he has clearly stated his own personal responsibility... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. KNOW THAT IN ME, THAT IS, IN MY FLESH, DWELLETH NO GOOD THING: FOR TO WILL IS PRESENT WITH ME, BUT TO DO THAT WHICH IS GOOD IS NOT. "FOR. KNOW" -an illustration or explanation of what he has just said. "IN MY FLESH DWELLETH NO GOOD THING" -clearly Paul can't be saying that he is wholly evil, f... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE GOOD WHICH. WOULD. DO NOT: BUT THE EVIL WHICH. WOULD NOT, THAT. PRACTISE. "THE EVIL" -since the Law demanded flawlessness, and those that didn't, found themselves condemned (Romans 3:23), and since Paul was as the rest of us, imperfect, he found himself engaged in evil acts. (Like persecutin... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF WHAT. WOULD NOT, THAT. DO, IT IS NO MORE. THAT DO IT, BUT SIN WHICH DWELLETH IN ME. After all the "wishing" and "desiring" and "trying", being under the demands of Law, one finds that sin still get's it way. Of course not every minute of the day, but merely one sin. year is enough to condemn... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 7:21. FIND THEN THE LAW, THAT, TO ME WHO WOULD DO GOOD, EVIL IS PRESENT. Under. system of law, not matter how hard Paul tried and desired to fulfill the demands of the law, he still found himself in sin. Paul had learned this by experience. "I FIND THEN THE LAW" -'the principle' (NASV). All... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. DELIGHT IN THE LAW OF GOD AFTER THE INWARD MAN: 'There are those who find this difficult to believe of an unforgiven man. But is it really so difficult? Haven't we all experienced strong traces of nobility or hungering after justice in our lives before we came to Christ!' Haven't we ran acros... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. SEE. DIFFERENT LAW IN MY MEMBERS, WARRING AGAINST THE LAW OF MY MIND, AND BRINGING ME INTO CAPTIVITY UNDER THE LAW OF SIN WHICH IS IN MY MEMBERS. "DIFFERENT LAW" -'I see another principle' (Gspd); 'rule of action, or compulsion' (Turner).. 'law' unlike the 'character' ('different'-Greek 'hetero... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 7:24 Wretched man that. am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death? "Wretched man" -5005. talaiporos tal-ah'-ee-po-ros; from the base of 5007 and. derivative of the base of 3984; enduring trial, i.e. miserable: -wretched. 'Involved in the word is "toil, hard work, burdensome l... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Romans 7:25. thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then. of myself with the mind, indeed, serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord"- someone had delivered him! He will continue this theme in Chapter 8. 'The exclamation of thanksgiv... [ Continue Reading ]