Introduction:
Chapter 6 |
Chapter 7 |
v. 1—Sin (harmartia) |
v. 1—The law (nomos) |
v. 2—“We died to sin” |
v. 4—“You also died to the law” |
v. 4—“We too may live a new life” |
v. 6—“so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit” |
v. 7—“Anyone who has died is free from sin” |
v. 6—“We have been released from the law” |
v. 18—“You have been set free from sin” |
v. 3—“released from the law” |
Sermon Notes:
1. The Law’s Authority (7:1)
2. The Law in Action (7:2-3)
3. The Law and the Believer (7:4-6)
a) We have died to the law to be united to Christ (7:4)
b) We are no longer in the realm of the flesh which bore fruit for death (v5)
c) We are released from the law to freely serve by the Spirit (v6)