SHOULD WE BURN THE BIBLE?
Romans 7.7-13
Romans: Redeemed To Flourish – Part 6 of 14
v. 6 “… now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive …” (esv)
v. 7a “What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means!” (esv)
v. 12 “So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.” (esv)
GOD’S COMMANDS ARE GOOD BECAUSE THEY …
Isolate Desire AS OUR PROBLEM
v. 7a “I would not have known what sin was except through the law.” (niv)
v. 7b “I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, ‘You shall not covet.’” (esv)
Hebrews 4.12 “… the word of God … is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (csb)
Mark 7.20–23 “What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ … out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts … All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean.’” (niv)
Instigate Demonstrations OF OUR PROBLEM
v. 8 “But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment …” (esv)
v. 9 “I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.” (esv)
v. 8 “But sin … produced in me every kind of covetous desire.” (niv)
Proverbs 9.17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
v. 11 “For sin … deceived me and … killed me.” (esv)
v. 13 “… in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good …” (niv)
Matthew 16.24 “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” (esv)
Romans 1.16 “… the gospel … is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes …” (esv)