(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.

(Rom 7:2) “For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.” Those married before a minister say “Wedding Vows”. Vows. Vows made before and to each other and God – “Till death do us part.” The Lord holds us to our vows: (Ecc 5:4) “When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. (5)  Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. (6)  Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin;…”

(Rom 7:2) “For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.” Sad, that this issue and many others find professing Christians saying, “I know what the Bible says, but….” or simply not caring what the Bible says. I remind you that God’s opinion and outlook is the only one that matters.

(Rom 7:2) “For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.” Yes, this verse is true even today. If we would put our mate first, forgive, and seek to love them no matter what, divorce would never scar our soul.

(Rom 7:1) “Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?” God’s laws are mandatory, not suggestions. Furthermore it condemns, for no one can keep it to perfection: “and that all the world may become guilty before God.” (Rom 3:19c). It’s purpose – turn our hearts to the only Savior Jesus Christ!

(Rom 6:23) “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”   Here “death” is not simply referring to the death of the body without the promise of a resurrected glorified body. It is referring to a living death of pain and eternal suffering. Please turn away from your sinful life, ask forgiveness and the gift of everlasting life from the Lord. 

(Rom 6:23) “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”  Notice the word “wages” contrasted with the word “gift”. One is deserved “wages” and the other “gift” is not. Praise Him, for this gift is the most expensive ever paid!