The Good News of Salvation in Jesus Christ

Studies in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans

Lesson 16 : The Believer’s Realization of Inner Corruption (7:7-25)

THE LAW AND ROMANS 7 – THE IDENTITY OF “I” IN ROMANS 7:7-25 – GIVEN PAUL IS SPEAKING OF HIMSELF, IS THE CONFLICT PRESENTED IN 7:14-25 THAT OF A PERSON WHO IS SAVED OR UNSAVED? — AND IF SAVED, WHAT IS THAT PERSON’S SPIRITUAL STATUS? – THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS FOR THINKING THE EXPERIENCE DEPICTED IN vv. 14-25 IS THAT OF AN UNREGENERATE PERSON – THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS FOR THINKING THE EXPERIENCE DEPICTED IN VV. 14-25 IS THAT OF A REGENERATE PERSON – “THE ‘I’ OF ROMANS 7 IS THE UNREGENERATE” – “THE ‘I’ OF ROMANS 7 IS THE IMMATURE CHRISTIAN” – “THE ‘I’ OF ROMANS 7 IS THE MATURE CHRISTIAN” – TESTIMONIES FROM HISTORY – IS THE LAW SINFUL? – WHILE NOT SINFUL IN ITSELF, THE LAW AND SIN HAS A DEFINITE RELATIONSHIP – WHAT DOES PAUL MEAN BY “KNOWING SIN”? – THE LAW “AGITATES” SIN – THE LAW “ACTIVATES” SIN – “SIN IS DEAD” APART FROM THE LAW – SIN IS NOT ONLY AN ACTION BUT AN INWARD PRINCIPLE – “I” WAS ALIVE – THE LAW, “ORDAINED TO LIFE” – ISRAEL AND THE LAW? – SALVATION CANNOT BE EARNED NOR MERITED – TRANSITION VERSE – WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SIN – TWO PURPOSE CLAUSES – NO EXCUSING OUR RESPONSIBILITY – APPENDIX: “SPIRITUALITY: WHO WE ARE, NOT WHAT WE DO” – UNSAVED: THE POSITION OF DAMNATION AND JUDGEMENT – POST-SALVATION – THE DESIRED POSITION OF HOLINESS – ADVANCEMENT TO THE DESIRED POSITION OF HOLINESS – THE UNDESIRED POSITION OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS – A MATTER OF EMPHASIS