Romans 7:7
S—What should we say then? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin, I would not have know what it is to covet if the law had not said, “you shall not covet.”
H—Here Paul transitions into a conversation around the relationship between law and sin. It seems that some folks that he is writing to have a question about the law being sin. Paul is clear to point out that the law is not sin but it is through the law that we know what sin it. Its as if Paul says that the law gives us a language to know what our deepest problem as humanity is….our disease of sin. Its as if Paul says that without the law we would not know what sin is and would not know what are deepest problem is or that we have a deep problem that needs fixed.
A—This is a jewel in this unending mine of scripture. Paul is brilliant to point out this relationship between the law and sin to his readers. I am forever grateful this morning for the reminder that the law is the tool that God uses to show me what sin is. Without the law I cannot know what sin is but just continue to live blindly infected with the disease of death. The law helps to shine in light upon the sin of my life which makes room for the Holy Spirit to expose that sin and give me the grace to know t
hat I need to be cleansed through the blood of Jesus. If the law is that tool that helps me to see and give language to my human situation then Jesus is God that comes to solve my problem and give me language to the Godly solution to my human situation.
P—Lord, I come to you this morning grateful for this scripture and grateful for the remind that the law is a tool that you use to show me what sin is in my life. Give me the grace to look at your law through this lens. Help me to see it as not a standard that I will never achieve but as a language that explains what sin is in my life and helps me to see and be reminded of my deepest need of forgiving grace. I pray today that you would forgive me of my sin and I give you great thanks for showing me what my sin is. Otherwise, I would continue to walk blindly in this world to my destination of death but yet through your law and the mighty acts of Jesus Christ I now have experienced forgiveness and am walking boldly toward eternal life. Amen.
E—I’m excited to be reminded that the law gives definition to my sin and invites me to a place of repentance and forgiveness in Jesus Christ.
Peace from Pastor P
