Dead or Alive

ROMANS 7

1. Death frees us from the law ^{_{(vv. 1-3)}}
   • The law has authority only over the living
   • Death ends all obligations and contracts
2. Through the death of Jesus, we too have died to the law ^{_{(vv. 4-6)}}
   • We are free so we can be married to Jesus and bear fruit to God
   • When we were in the flesh, we did not bear fruit to God, but instead bore fruit to death.
   • Our freedom is not given so we can stop serving God but that we can serve Him better.
3. The Purpose of the Law ^{_{(vv. 7-13)}}
   • The Law exposes sin
   • The Law condemns sin
   • The Law reveals the power of sin
   • The Law reveals the effects of sin
   • The Law reveals the deception of sin
   • The Law reveals the sinfulness of sin ^{_{(vv. 12-13)}}