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ROMANS 7

SPIRITUAL PEOPLE AND THE LAW (7:1-6)

Their relationship to the law (7:1-3, 5)

They are like widows freed from their husbands (7:1-3).

They are like dead men freed from their lusts (7:5).

Their relationship to the Saviour (7:4, 6)

They have been raised by Christ (7:4a, 6):

They are now to produce fruit through Christ (7:4b):

NATURAL PEOPLE AND THE LAW (7:7-13):

The illustration usage (7:7, 10):

The condemnation usage (7:8-9, 11-13):

CARNAL PEOPLE AND THE LAW (7:14-26)

Paul has learned that any attempt to keep the law leads to carnality (7:14-23).

The confusion (7:14-16):

He doesn't do the things he wants to do (7:14-15a, 16a).

He does the things he doesn't want to do (7:15b, 16b).

The corruption (7:17-20):

The conclusion (7:21-23):

The old nature, always attempting to do wrong (7:21a, 23)

The new nature, always attempting to do right (7:21b-22)

Paul has learned that no attempt to keep the law can lead to spirituality (7:24-25).

The agony of Paul's problem (7:24):

The answer to Paul's problem (7:25):