(Rom 7:8) “But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.” Concupiscence: a desire for that which is forbidden. This reveals sinful man’s heart is rebellious against God. Proof: we can it reverse psychology when we tell a child to do the opposite of what we want.

(Rom 7:7) “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.”  It is through the law we receive a clear view of self. We are not only sinners, but try as we may, we cannot keep the law. This says, “I am corrupt.” Thank God He presents a means of forgiveness and mercy – the Lord Jesus!

(Rom 7:6) “ But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.” There is a beautiful verse that speaks to “….serve[ing] in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter”: (1Jn 5:3) “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” This is the result of a “saved” heart!

(Rom 7:5) “For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.”  “We…were…” but we are not now in the flesh, but in the spirit. Either you have been born again or not. That requires a time and place and the experience of it changes you. When you made your profession of faith, did it change you then, or have you since turned over a new leaf. Those are not the same.

(Rom 7:4) “Wherefore… ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ;…. that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 95)  For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.” Death, results of action without eternal results are the only thing which can come out of a dead spirit.

(Rom 7:4) “Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.” Notice it is now, after we have been saved that we can produce fruit. All the prior good works in the world, even in the Name of God, are in vain. They mean nothing. One must first be saved.

Rom 7:4  Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.  Just as one married is bound to fidelity to their mate, one is equally bound to God’s law – whether written on the heart or page. Death separated us from it, being put in salvation in Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection!

(Rom 7:3) “So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.” Should we marvel that people seem to have no conscience when those who have known God’s Word have refrained from publicly calling sin – sin? Those harsh words identifying sin (adulteress) are to enlighten the mind as to how God sees and condemns it. 

(Rom 7:3) “So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.” We no longer use such terms as “adulteress”. Why not? Ministers have refrained from using God’s words in order to meet the world’s standard of love: not saying something the lost do not want to hear; words that condemn harshly.