Romans Part 19

THE BOOK OF ROMANS PART 19ROMANS 7:14-8:11II. JUSTIFICATION- The Imputation of Righteousness: Romans 1:18-5:21III. SANCTIFICATION- The Impartation of Righteousness: Romans 6:1-8:17A. The Basis and New Principle of Sanctification — 6:1-23B. The New Relationship: Freedom from the Law that Controlled 7:1-251. The Believer and the Law of Marriage 7:1-62. Sin and the Law 7:7-133. Self and the Law — 7:14-25 a. The Believer as Slave — 7:14-171. We are of the flesh, sold under sin (v14)2. We don’t do what we want, but the thing we hate (v15-16)3. It is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me (v17)b. The Believer Is Powerless — 7:18-204. Nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh (v18a)5. We have the will to do right, but no power to do it (v18-19)6. We have no power over ourself or over sin (v20)c. The Believer’s Conflict — 7:21-257. When we want to do right, evil lies close at hand (v21)8. We desire to do that which is right and good (v22)9. But we are a prisoner to the law of sin (v23)10. Who will deliver us from this body of death? (v24)11. Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! (v25)C. The True Power for Sanctification: Work of the Holy Spirit 8:1-171. Deliverance from Sin — 8:1-8a. No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (v1)b. Spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death (v2)c. God condemned sin in the flesh through Christ (v3)d. So the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled (v4)e. We can walk according to the flesh or to the Spirit (v5)f. After the flesh is death, after the Spirit is life and peace (v6)g. The mind of the flesh is set on death and hostile to God (v7)2. Deliverance from the Body — 8:9-11a. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit (v9)b. The Spirit is life because of righteousness (v10)c. The future effect of the indwelling Spirit is life to our mortal bodies