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Uses and Misuses of the Law in Romans 7
How the Law Kills Romans 7:7-12 “What then shall we say?” (Romans 7:7). For the third time Paul uses this literary technique. His first “what” then showed up in Romans 6:1, in which he pictured his detractors as saying “shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?” (NIV). Violently rejecting the idea, he…
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Uses and Misuses of the Law in Romans 7
Uses and Misuses of the Law in Romans 7 Lesson 8 Romans 7:1-25 The apostle has been at work on the topic of law and grace ever since Romans 5:20, in which he noted that “Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.” In Romans 6:1-4 Paul…
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Friday Sundown Worship
Continual Progress Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleans ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. II Corinthians 7:1 The life of a Christian should be a continual progress upward, but the path is never easy. As Dr. Luke in his Gospel states it,…
Pastor Lester Bentley 