ROM # 38 The Law can't save from sin Rom 7 vs 13-20

Today's gospel instalment- 09-03-2023-Text- Romans 7 vs 13-20--Title-s-- 1. The Law cannot save, 2. The Law can not help with sin. 3. The power of sin is the Law, 4. Law plus sin is death. --1. The redeemed have legally died to the Law by Christ's death that they may be married to Him.--2. Under the Law none can bear any acceptable fruit to God, but only fruit to death -condemnation-. --3. But why then the Law-- How does the Law fit into the whole matter, if it does not cause salvation----4. We know that the wages of sin is death. But what about the Law-- The Law works with sin to produce death. But does that not make the Law sin----5. No, the Law is good, holy and righteous. But it was not given to help with sin as in stopping sin or making sinners righteous.--6. What then-- The Law was given to discover, expose and amplify sin and to produce death and condemnation.--7. This is the rightful use of the Law as God intended it. And one must be translated out of this relationship of sin and death by Christ Jesus through His death-the matter which the gospel declares.--8. So, God gave the Law that sin may be made more sinful-to AMPLIFY IT. --9. And Paul discovered that the Law which was supposed to give life, actually brought death to him.--10. Why-- Because of the sin that it discovered and exposed. Indwelling sin is opposed to all righteousness. It indwells the flesh and cannot work with the Law to any positive thing. --11. So, Paul discovered that what he willed to do, the very good things, he did not practice and found himself in this hopeless conundrum, a death spiral. --12. We discussed this and more and it is a great gospel message and IT IS FREE.--sermonaudio.com-sermon-93