The Law of God is Spiritual.

Rom 7:14  For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 

The law is spiritual, is it any wonder when we know this…

Joh_4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

That God's law is spiritual makes a lot of sense. This is why you could keep the letter of the law perfectly and still NOT be God's. Because it must be kept SPIRITUALLY as well as physically, and mentally. We must worship God in SPIRIT and TRUTH.

The law is spiritual, could God give us a moral law that wasn't spiritual, abled to be completely comprehended spiritually?

We fail to follow the law because we are carnal, embracing our carnal natures. We are sold under sin. Truthfully we were born with the carnal nature we possess and sin is right there- a drawing away from God and a propensity towards self, towards serving our flesh natures. I'm not sure we can remember our first realized sin, but most of us probably have some idea of the 'mischief' we got up to as children. We can likely recall moments of pure selfishness, of anger towards others because we didn't get our way. Maybe you can recall various sinful moments of your life because oftentimes some of our more sinful moments are written on our minds permanently. We serve self so much, in so many ways above and beyond any consideration for others or God.  We are truly sold under sin, carnal. Recognizing ourselves in this way makes it possible for us to comprehend our most desperate need to be saved by the Sinless One, the only One who can save us from ourselves.

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. 

Rom 7:16  If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 

When we recognize the wrong inside us we are automatically agreeing that the moral law is a good thing. You can't understand that you are wrong without there being a right, it's impossible.

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. 

How incredibly true this is. I have gone to this passage so many times in my life because I agonize over my failure to do that which is good. This carnal nature WARS against the SPIRITUAL nature.

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. 

Law of God- in us, our spirit with His Spirit.

Another law in our bodies-warring with the law of our minds- held captive to the law of sin in our bodies.

Rom 7:24  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 

Our bodies captive to the law of sin, WHO will deliver us from our bodies which consent to the law of sin?

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. 

We use our minds to SERVE the law of God, we CHOOSE to serve the spiritual law with our spirit.  We make a conscious choice to serve the law of God and when the law of sin in our flesh rears its ugly head, we seek forgiveness, repenting- endlessly.

Through JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD alone are we delivered from our bodies, from the law of sin in our bodies.

All by His amazing grace, love, mercy!!!!!! 

Exceedingly Sinful.

Rom 7:8  But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 

Rom 7:9  For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 

Rom 7:10  And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 

Rom 7:11  For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. 

Rom 7:12  Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 

Rom 7:13  Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 

God forbid that the commandments given to God's chosen and written on the hearts of even those who weren't born into God's chosen, would be call evil. How could they ever be called evil? Tell me this, were people filled with evil and dying before the commandments were written down on stone? Yes, they were. Remember Cain, Adam and Eve's firstborn son? He had no commandment written in stone to follow, yet when he killed Abel he sinned. The law he followed was one that was a moral law mankind was given instantly upon deciding to disobey God and commit sin. This is why people who claim no belief in God still have a moral law. There is a law of the land, so to speak, a law that is common to all humankind outside the realm of religion. This law was put into man, it is a part of man. It is a part of man that man chooses to listen to, or to ignore.

'Sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.'

After much time passed and God gave a people He chose, a people that committed themselves to Him, the moral law, He also gave them ceremonial law and other laws so that they were daily exposed to a life under laws. They were being taught to obey, and not oppressively, but for a spiritual freedom, a life with God. The commandment revealed the exceeding sinfulness of sin.  The commandments reveal our inability to be holy on our own without the holiness of our Savior.

Rom 7:14  For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 

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. 

Rom 7:16  If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 

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. 

More on this tomorrow by the GRACE and WILL of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, now and forever!!!!!!!

Is the law sin? God forbid.

Rom 7:7  What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Remember this-- 1Jn_3:4  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

You do not sin without a law to break.  Many people take bits and pieces of the Bible and use it to make a case for being under grace the law no longer matters at all. But clearly the Bible says otherwise consistently-  God forbid. The law is not done away with- let me clarify, the MORAL law is not done away with. The ceremonial law was abolished- the ceremonial law being that which pointed to our Savior and the sacrifice He would make for all mankind.  The law is the written word of God to His chosen people, and the word of God written on the hearts of all- His chosen and Gentiles alike. If a law is written on the heart, how can it be done away with? It's much easier to discard a law that isn't in your heart. But if a LAW can be written in our hearts why would it be unwritten on our heart, erased? There is nowhere in the Bible we are told God will take the law from our heart. 

Servants of righteousness, or servants of sin.

Servants of righteousness.

We choose our master, our master isn't chosen for us. Who you serve, who you choose to obey that's on you, that's on us. We can't blame anyone for choosing to serve Satan over God.

I know we've talked about it plenty of times before, you know, how you choose one or the other- there is NO in-between, there is no third choice.  A lot of people do think there is a third choice, they think they are that third choice. They think if they simply believe in themselves and nothing else- neither God, nor Satan, that they are 'safe' from and bad outcome. If they don't believe in God or Satan then they answer to no one but themselves. They believe that there is no life after death, that this miserable world with its few bright spots is all there is. If there is something more and they are wrong, they choose not to care about that, they'll take their chances. Some may believe that even if they don't choose God that if He's really loving He will take them even if they don't believe in Him, you know just in case He really is real.

The truth is, we are servants and there are two masters to choose from and we get to choose who we serve. There is no third choice. We are not masters. We are often given the delusion that we are masters but the one who gives us that delusion is Satan. Satan encourages us to put ourselves first and he'll even seemingly fade out of the picture as long as we aren't inclined to seek God.

Who we yield ourselves as servants to obey- that's whose servant we are.

We can choose sin, or we can choose obedience to righteousness- it is our choice. Don't make the mistake of thinking if you don't choose that all is well, it's not. Don't make the mistake of not believing, because that choice is wrong too. Believe in God, believe in obedience to righteousness. Be a servant of God, obeying from the heart, be made free from sin, a servant of righteousness. Choose to yield ourselves wholly to God, knowing that He would have us love Him, and love others in all our actions- leaving the loving of ourselves to His amazing love. There truly is a wage for sinning and that wage is death. The gift of God is eternal life all through Jesus Christ our Lord.   Eternal life or death, make no mistake, you choose which. By God's grace and mercy, may we choose HIM, always HIM!

Rom 6:16  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 

Rom 6:17  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 

Rom 6:18  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 

Rom 6:19  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 

Rom 6:20  For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 

Rom 6:21  What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 

Rom 6:22  But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

Rom 6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

God forbid we ever choose to sin.

Rom 6:15  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 

God forbid that we would ever CHOOSE to sin.  I'm NOT talking about the sinning the occurs without deliberate intention, I'm not talking about our filthy rags stained completely with sin, drenched in our wretchedness. I'm talking about the intense desire to want to hate God and hate our fellowman. If we aren't sickened by our own tendencies towards sin, then is it possible we are accepting the sin in our lives and calling it acceptable and good?

Rom 6:16  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 

Rom 6:17  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 

Rom 6:18  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 

Rom 6:19  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 

Rom 6:20  For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 

Rom 6:21  What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 

Rom 6:22  But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

Rom 6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Praise God for His gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ our LORD and SAVIOR now and FORVER!!!!!!!

Yield to God.

A man comes home from work and finds his wife in tears. Quickly he asks her why she's crying. The wife responds by telling her husband that she didn't mean to, but she went to the Bingo hall and spent way too much money. The husband is noticeably upset instantly and unable to help himself he berates her, reminding her she promised she wouldn't gamble any more. After many tears and more promises, the couple made up and were content once more.  A week later the man comes home from work and once more the wife is crying, it's the same scenario as the week before except this time the husband asks why she  keeps taking his forgiveness for granted. Quietly he tells her that for her to keep on this way hurts him. Apologizing once again, she promises again not to gamble away their money. Things go on this way until it's not just once a week but two times a week the gambling continues, then three times a week. The husband is completely bewildered, he loves his wife and will forgive her endlessly but the emotional pain of her actions is taking its toll. He can't stop loving her, she is sincerely in pain each time she is overcome by her addiction, she doesn't know why she does it, she doesn't know why she can't stop when she wants to so desperately. The wife loves her husband so much but is consumed by her addiction. She promises to get help and after their house is foreclosed on, and the bill collectors are after them, she finally does. After treatment the couple are able to rebuild their lives slowly but surely.

When we read this story some may have a tendency to think the husband is a fool for putting up with his wife's addiction for so long. Others might wonder why the wife waited so long to get help. We may doubt the wife's love for her husband, surely if she really loved him she would have done things differently. Also that story had a happy ending, but not all do.

We are all sinners. Those who truly love God will hate the sins they commit, they will NOT sin willfully- but they will sin. They'll despise the sinning they do and long to be free from its awful grasp. We can NEVER choose to sin and simply take for granted we will be forgiven. That wife in the story above never wanted to hurt her husband, never. She would be consumed by the desire to gamble hating that she couldn't simply stop herself. 

Truthfully there are many similar and worse stories than the one above and we often can't comprehend the endless ability for some people to forgive others for their atrocities.

With God, He can forgive the worst of the worst when there is a heartfelt, sincere seeking of forgiveness, of repentance.

Rom 6:1  What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 

Rom 6:2  God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 

Rom 6:3  Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 

Rom 6:4  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 

Rom 6:5  For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 

Rom 6:6  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 

Rom 6:7  For he that is dead is freed from sin. 

Rom 6:8  Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: 

Rom 6:9  Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 

Rom 6:10  For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 

Rom 6:11  Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Rom 6:12  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 

Rom 6:13  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 

Rom 6:14  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 

Grace frees us from sin. Grace.

We are told to NOT LET SIN reign in our mortal bodies- obeying it, obeying our lusts. We are told we are NOT TO YIELD our bodies as instruments of unrighteousness to sin.

We are told to YIELD TO GOD.

We have to do the yielding. Do we continue to yield to sin or to God? We will be faced with this choice endlessly as long as we live in this world prior to our Savior's return. We will live this battle daily. Grace alone will save us from ourselves. We should NEVER accept any sin in us no matter how often we yield to it.

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. 

May God help us, to deliver us from our bodies of death through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior NOW and FOREVER!!!!!!!

Sure of Death, Sure of Life.

Do you believe that humankind was sinless until Adam and Eve were seduced by Satan in the Garden of Eden, letting sin be conceived in themselves by temptation?

If you believe in God, then you have to believe this, you have to believe that sin began in humankind the moment Adam and Eve- the two that were one -

Gen 2:24  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 

As one flesh they sinned.

And because they sinned humankind continued in a world of sin.

By one sin entered into the world, and death with that sin. We - all of us human beings - inherited the sin curse and death. We cannot deny that we die. There is no doubt that death exists, none at all.

If we CAN believe that by one man sin entered into the world, then we should have no problem believing that by one man sin is abolished and life is brought to all humankind.

Rom 5:12  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: 

Rom 5:13  (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 

Rom 5:14  Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. 

Rom 5:15  But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 

Rom 5:16  And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 

Rom 5:17  For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 

Rom 5:18  Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 

Rom 5:19  For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 

Rom 5:20  Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 

Rom 5:21  That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. 

This is truth!

Sin by one, Life by One.

By grace, by the gift of righteousness found in Jesus Christ we can have eternal life, just as surely as we have a claim to death.