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Carl Westerlund :: Romans 7:9-11 - Law Delusion

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Romans in Outline No. 69

1.1  THE LAW SHOWS THE EFFECT OF SIN

Romans 7:9

2.1  Before the “coming” of the law

3.1  “ALIVE” ?

But other Scriptures say dead

Romans 1-3; Ephesians 2:1-3

3.2  “WITHOUT” = “APART FROM”

3.3  ALWAYS A TIME WHEN LAW/DEATH

3.4  BUT A TIME WHEN THE LAW WAS NOT WORKING IN HIM

3.5  THE RESULT: SENSE OF SIN DORMANT

The language of appearances

The delusion of the Pharisees

2.2  The coming of the law

3.1  THE LAW EXISTED

3.2  A TIME WHEN THE LAW HAD IMPACT

2.3  After the coming of the law

3.1  RESULT #1: THE EXPOSURE OF LIGHT

John 15:22-24

Test: Our response

3.2  RESULT #2: A RECOGNITION OF TOTAL HELPLESSNESS

1.2  THE LAW USES SIN TO DECEIVE

2.1  The false hope of the law

3.1  SEEMED TO BRING LIFE

3.2  ACTUALLY BROUGHT DEATH

2.2  The deception of the law

3.1  SIN DECEIVES

Genesis 3:1-13

NB: “The serpent deceived me…”

Genesis 3:13 compare with “subtle” Genesis 3:1

4.1  Sin deceives about God

Genesis 3:1

4.2  Sin deceives about ourselves

Genesis 3:1

4.3  Sin deceives about consequences

Genesis 3:2-5

4.4  Sin deceives about itself

Genesis 3:6

3.2  SIN’S USE OF THE LAW

4.1  The deception that actions are all that matter, not the heart

1 Timothy 1:8-9

Philippians 3:6

4.2  The deception that we are hopeless

Romans 7:9-11

9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me. (NKJV)

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