Oct. 20, 2024

When in Romans

Week 7 – A Fight You Won’t Win

October 20, 2024

The work of _________________ is preparing my

______________ for citizenship in heaven.

Romans 7:1-3 (NLT) Now, dear brothers and sisters[a]—you who are familiar with the law—don’t you know that the law applies only while a person is living? 2 For example, when a woman marries, the law binds her to her husband as long as he is alive. But if he dies, the laws of marriage no longer apply to her. 3 So while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery if she married another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law and does not commit adultery when she remarries.

4 So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ…

The law: whatever standard you assume proves your

___________ or gives you ______________.

4…And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God. 5 When we were controlled by our old nature,[b] sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death. 6 But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.

7 Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, “You must not covet.”

Romans 7:8-13

Romans 7:14-20

Romans 7:21-24

25 Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.

Following Jesus means you will face an ongoing

______________ in __________________.

Recognizing the __________________ for us changes

the way we ___________________.