OBEYED FROM THE HEART

OBEYED FROM THE HEART 

Romans 7:9 

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

Romans 7:11 

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

Romans 7:17-19 

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 

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 goodIfindnot. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

Romans 7:21-23 

I find then a Law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in The Law Of God after the inward man: 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.

Romans 7:20 

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

 

Romans 7:1 

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know The Law,) how that The Law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

(Paul used a married woman as an example)

Romans 7:2-3 

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by The Law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from The Law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that Law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

Paul explains, If her husband dies, the woman is free of The Law that had her bound to her husband. She is free to marry and have children with another husband if she decides to marry again. If the woman were to marry another man while her first husband was alive, she would be in sin, an adulteress; she would have broken The Law. 

(Now Paul is using his example about the married woman and applies it to us as Christians.)

Romans 7:4 

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to The Law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

Christ Jesus kept The Law, so when He died, we also died to The Law and are no longer bound to it. Our flesh died on the cross because Jesus Christ died in His flesh; His death is applied to us when we believe in Christ Jesus as our Sacrifice and our Saviour. 

Romans 7:5-6 

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by The Law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

We are now born-again of the Spirit by Faith in Christ Jesus and His Death for our sins. All of our sins and flesh were on Christ Jesus when He was on His Cross. We Now Have The Spirit Of Life, Who Is The Spirit Of Christ Jesus Dwelling In Us. 

God Sending His Own Son In The Likeness Of Sinful Flesh, And For Sin, Condemned Sin In The Flesh: THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US.

The Law Of The Spirit Of Life In Christ Jesus Hath Made Me Free From The Law Of Sin And Death. 

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW IS FULFILLED IN US BECAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS SACRIFICE. GRASP THAT STATEMENT. 

Romans 6:14,17-18,20-23 

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

[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. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 

[20] For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 John 3:9 

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Romans 8:1-15 

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after The Spirit. For The Law Of The Spirit Of Life In Christ Jesus Hath Made Me Free From The Law Of Sin And Death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God Sending His Own Son In The Likeness Of Sinful Flesh, And For Sin, Condemned Sin In The Flesh: THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULFILLED IN US, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be Spiritually Minded Is Life And Peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to The Law Of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. BUT YE ARE NOT IN THE FLESH, BUT IN THE SPIRIT, IF SO BE THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELL IN YOU. Now If Any Man Have Not The Spirit Of Christ, He Is None Of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; But The Spirit Is Life Because Of Righteousness. But if The Spirit Of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit That Dwelleth In You. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HATH MADE ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. 

Donna K Purifoy 

7/10/2023