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Topic: Two Principles or Laws operating in the life of the Believer<\/strong><\/p>\n Text: Romans 7: 15-25<\/strong><\/p>\n Memory verse: Romans 7:25<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n From the past two lessons on Romans 7 we have been looking at the believer\u2019s relationship to the law. Using the illustration on \u201ctwo husbands,\u201d we learnt that by our faith in Christ\u2019s death on the cross, we died to the Law and that our new Lord or husband is Christ. And so the law has no control over us. Afterwards we studied about the purpose of the law in the lives of the believer and learnt that the Law, above all things, helps us to recognize sin. Today\u2019s lesson further looks at Paul\u2019s explanation that there are two principles or laws operating in the life of the believer. These are the law of sin and death and the law of the Spirit of life through Jesus the Messiah (see Romans 8:2).<\/p>\n Explaining the two Principles (7:15-25)<\/strong><\/p>\n Having explained his defeating experience with the Law, Paul concluded in Rom 7:15-25 that there are two principles (or \u201claws\u201d) that operate in the life of the believer: The Law of sin and death and the Law of the Spirit of life, through Jesus the Messiah<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here, Paul is dealing with the presence of two natures in the child of God. Salvation does not mean that God changes the old, sinful nature. He does not clean it up or reform it. The believer\u2019s old nature is just as wicked and opposed to the Spirit today as the day he was saved.\u00a0 Salvation means that God gives the believer a new nature and crucifies the old one. The believer still has the ability to sin, but he now has an appetite for holiness. The possibility for sin is still there, but not the desire.<\/p>\n The Law of sin and Death<\/strong><\/p>\n The law of sin and death is simply the operation of the old nature. Thus, when the believer wants to do good, evil is present. Even the \u201cgood things\u201d we do are tainted with evil (verse 21). It is here that you see the difference between the victory of chapter 6 and that of chapter 7. In chapter 6, the believer gains victory over the evil things of the sinful nature. He ceases to do evil deliberately. However, in chapter 7, he triumphs over the \u201cgood things\u201d the flesh would do in obedience to law.<\/p>\n God will not accept the sinful nature, for in our sinful nature there is nothing good (verse 18). Jesus said \u2013 \u201cThe flesh counts for nothing\u201d (John 6:63). Many believers set up laws for their lives and seek to discipline the old nature into obedience. But God plainly says, \u201cThe sinful mind [the old nature] is hostile to God. It does not submit to God\u2019s law, nor can it do so\u201d (8:7).<\/p>\n The Law of the Spirit of Life<\/strong><\/p>\n The law of sin and death is defeated by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. It is not by submitting to outward laws that we grow in holiness and serve God acceptably. Instead, we grow in Him by surrendering to His indwelling Spirit. This law is elaborated in chapter 8, especially in the first 17 verses. We cannot fulfill the righteousness of the Law by our own strength, but the Spirit of Jesus fulfills it in us by His power (8:3-4).<\/p>\n Practical Application and Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n What is the practical application of all this? It is quite simple. In our new position before God \u2013 as dead to the Law \u2013 we are not expected to obey God in our own strength. God has not put us under a \u201cBeliever\u2019s Law\u201d that we must obey in order to be holy. Rather, He has given us His Holy Spirit who enables us to fulfill the demands of His holiness. Believers may have the victory of chapter 6 and no longer be enslaved to the sin nature, but there is more to the believing life. Shouldn\u2019t we produce fruit for God? Certainly. But the minute we start doing works in our own strength, we discover that we are failures. So what is the answer?<\/p>\n We must accept the truths of Romans 7 \u2014 that we are indeed failures in ourselves and that the Law is good but we are unspiritual. Then we allow the Spirit to work out God\u2019s will in our life. May God enable us to reckon ourselves dead to sin (chapter 6), and dead to the Law (chapter 7).\u00a0 May we then, through the Spirit, enjoy the blessed freedom of God\u2019s children and glorify God with a holy life.<\/p>\n Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n Topic: Two Principles or Laws operating in the life of the Believer Text: Romans 7: 15-25 Memory verse: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62474923,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_templately_pack_id":"","_templately_imported_at":"","_templately_source":"","_templately_import_session_id":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25826],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4q0JC-9j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":567,"url":"https:\/\/amazinggbc.de\/de\/2017\/07\/05\/amazing-grace-baptist-church-hamburg-bible-study-material-lesson-15-by-rev-john-kwasi-fos\/","url_meta":{"origin":577,"position":0},"title":"AMAZING GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, HAMBURG, BIBLE STUDY MATERIAL – LESSON 15, BY REV. 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