Rom 7:14 For we know that the law is SPIRITUAL : but I am carnal, sold under sin.
The law is SPIRITUAL.
Without Christ we are carnal- spiritless. We are lost in sin without any hope at all. We are flesh beings with no real substance at all.
The law is SPIRITUAL.
Keeping the moral law, the moral commandments, goes far beyond the keeping of the ceremonial laws. People love to entwine the two so they cannot be separated and that means that the moral laws as well as the ceremonial laws were all nailed to the cross and done away with.
A little bit of logic, a little bit of sincere studying would reveal the truth of the matter.
The ceremonial law that pointed to our Savior's arrival and purpose was done away with when our Savior arrived and lived, died, and rose again.
The moral law didn't point to our Savior's arrival and purpose, it was a revelation of love to all.
Most people have no trouble at all agreeing that the moral law is just that except for the pesky weekly Sabbath law. If they'd just study further they'd comprehend that the Sabbath was instituted LONG before the ceremonial laws were given in full. The Sabbath was part of CREATION week, and as long as this earth and all that in it exists the weekly day of rest will exist. It was put in the MORAL law for a reason. The ceremonial law had it's special Sabbath's different from the weekly Sabbath of the moral law. You have to study to find all this out, it's not something that is just known, and if people aren't willing to study then they are NOT seeking to know the Lord their God as they should.
The law is SPIRITUAL. The moral law is completely spiritual, it was created from the love of God. The moral law will reveal our sinfulness in many, many ways.
Rom 7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Does this sound familiar to you?
Do you ever do things you hate, but do them anyway? Do you ever do things you know are wrong, but do them any way? Do you wish you didn't feel the overwhelming compulsion to do things that you do knowing that they are not the things God wants of you?
This is all a part of our Spiritual existence, this BATTLE.
The spiritual and physical interact a lot, there is no doubt about that.
Rom 7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
IF we did things in our life that we wished we hadn't done, if we do things we wish we didn't do, then we are AGREEING that there is a moral standard that exist in US that makes us feel the weight of the sinfulness of the things we do.
If you feel bad for yelling hateful things at someone, you feel bad because you know it wasn't right to do so. How do you know it wasn't right to do so, because you are feeling bad about it and if it was right to do it, you would not feel bad about it at all whatsoever. What makes it wrong? The harm you are bringing to that other person, the emotional, mental harm you are throwing at another human being.
True there are always exceptions, and it's factual some people love to be hateful and would feel not the slightest bit bad about slinging hateful words at someone. Those people are given totally over to sin and are completely blind to the truth, and yes, those people exist in far greater numbers than anyone might want to even think about.
The spiritual moral law reveals ultimately how we are to interact and treat God and our fellow man, when those spiritual laws are broken, by the grace and mercy of God we are allowed to feel the weight of our wrong doing in breaking those laws. Because only when we feel the weight of sin do we realize it's awfulness and we can begin to comprehend in some small way our helplessness. When we recognize our helplessness we can understand that we need to be helped.
We do things we don't want to do all the time and this truly reveals the spiritual moral law to be GOOD. We are being shown the wickedness by the goodness.
Rom 7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Rom 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Rom 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Rom 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Rom 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
The law reveals our sinfulness and our Savior reveals our HOPE.
More tomorrow on this all by the GRACE of God.
We need to comprehend how truly SPIRITUAL we are called to be, and we will all through the HOLY SPIRIT, and the LOVE of our SAVIOR, and the FATHER GOD!
All glory to GOD!
The law is SPIRITUAL.
Without Christ we are carnal- spiritless. We are lost in sin without any hope at all. We are flesh beings with no real substance at all.
The law is SPIRITUAL.
Keeping the moral law, the moral commandments, goes far beyond the keeping of the ceremonial laws. People love to entwine the two so they cannot be separated and that means that the moral laws as well as the ceremonial laws were all nailed to the cross and done away with.
A little bit of logic, a little bit of sincere studying would reveal the truth of the matter.
The ceremonial law that pointed to our Savior's arrival and purpose was done away with when our Savior arrived and lived, died, and rose again.
The moral law didn't point to our Savior's arrival and purpose, it was a revelation of love to all.
Most people have no trouble at all agreeing that the moral law is just that except for the pesky weekly Sabbath law. If they'd just study further they'd comprehend that the Sabbath was instituted LONG before the ceremonial laws were given in full. The Sabbath was part of CREATION week, and as long as this earth and all that in it exists the weekly day of rest will exist. It was put in the MORAL law for a reason. The ceremonial law had it's special Sabbath's different from the weekly Sabbath of the moral law. You have to study to find all this out, it's not something that is just known, and if people aren't willing to study then they are NOT seeking to know the Lord their God as they should.
The law is SPIRITUAL. The moral law is completely spiritual, it was created from the love of God. The moral law will reveal our sinfulness in many, many ways.
Rom 7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Does this sound familiar to you?
Do you ever do things you hate, but do them anyway? Do you ever do things you know are wrong, but do them any way? Do you wish you didn't feel the overwhelming compulsion to do things that you do knowing that they are not the things God wants of you?
This is all a part of our Spiritual existence, this BATTLE.
The spiritual and physical interact a lot, there is no doubt about that.
Rom 7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
IF we did things in our life that we wished we hadn't done, if we do things we wish we didn't do, then we are AGREEING that there is a moral standard that exist in US that makes us feel the weight of the sinfulness of the things we do.
If you feel bad for yelling hateful things at someone, you feel bad because you know it wasn't right to do so. How do you know it wasn't right to do so, because you are feeling bad about it and if it was right to do it, you would not feel bad about it at all whatsoever. What makes it wrong? The harm you are bringing to that other person, the emotional, mental harm you are throwing at another human being.
True there are always exceptions, and it's factual some people love to be hateful and would feel not the slightest bit bad about slinging hateful words at someone. Those people are given totally over to sin and are completely blind to the truth, and yes, those people exist in far greater numbers than anyone might want to even think about.
The spiritual moral law reveals ultimately how we are to interact and treat God and our fellow man, when those spiritual laws are broken, by the grace and mercy of God we are allowed to feel the weight of our wrong doing in breaking those laws. Because only when we feel the weight of sin do we realize it's awfulness and we can begin to comprehend in some small way our helplessness. When we recognize our helplessness we can understand that we need to be helped.
We do things we don't want to do all the time and this truly reveals the spiritual moral law to be GOOD. We are being shown the wickedness by the goodness.
Rom 7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Rom 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Rom 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Rom 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Rom 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
The law reveals our sinfulness and our Savior reveals our HOPE.
More tomorrow on this all by the GRACE of God.
We need to comprehend how truly SPIRITUAL we are called to be, and we will all through the HOLY SPIRIT, and the LOVE of our SAVIOR, and the FATHER GOD!
All glory to GOD!
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