The Triumph of Grace: Romans 1--8
Lesson Nine--Page 34
Lesson Nine--Romans 7:7--8:17 Even though believers have a sinful nature, they are not condemned 7:7-13 The law is good; the problem is the sinful nature Verse 7 The law is . . .
But when the law comes into contact with our sinful nature . . .
7:14-25 The unspiritual sinful nature hinders the new man In this section Paul speaks of the struggle between his new man and his old sinful flesh. Paul, from the standpoint that he is a new creation, is frustrated in his desire to keep God's law. Fill in the paragraph below. Put an O where Paul is speaking from the standpoint of his sinful nature and an N when he is speaking according to his new creation. Verses 14-20 14Certainly we know that
Think of times when sin was “dead” in you, until you came into contact with the law.
the law is spiritual, but I (___) am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15For I (___) do not understand what I (___) am doing, because I (___) do not keep doing
Verse 10 The law was meant to . . .
what I (___) want. Instead, I (___) do what I (___) hate. 16And if I (___) do what I (___) do not want to do, I (___) agree that the law is good. 17But now it
Verses 11-13 But sin, using the commandment . . .
is no longer I (___) who am doing it, but it is sin living in me. 18Indeed, I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my sinful flesh. The desire to do good is present with me (___), but I (___) am not able to carry it out. 19So I (___) fail
The law is good and holy. It has the potential of bestowing life. Sin, however, uses the law as an opportunity to sin and in the process demonstrates how wicked it is.
to do the good I (___) want to do. Instead, the evil I (___) do not want to do, that is what I (___) keep doing. 20
Now if I (___) do what I (___) do not
want to do, it is no longer I (___) who am doing it, but it is sin living in me. © 1997 Northwestern Publishing House. Reprinted by permission.