Why We Must Die to the Law

Romans 7:5-6

5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

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Why We Must Die to the Law— Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Romans 7:5-6
Sermon Series: Romans (45th sermon)
February 28, 2021

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   Why does it seem so strange to say that we must die to the law of God in order to bear fruit for God? How would this have sounded to Paul’s Jewish hearers?
2.  How does the law excite/arouse/stimulate our sinful passions while we are living in the flesh? How does the concept of rebellion help us to make sense of this?
3.  As we relate the law to parenting, what does Paul Tripp mean when he says, “Your children need God's law, but you cannot ask the law to do what only grace can accomplish”?
4.  How does the law fail us? What are some other passages that highlight the inability of the law to impart righteousness or life?
5.  What does it mean to “serve in the new way of the Spirit”? How do those who have the Spirit now relate to the law?

References: John 15:1-2; 5:39; Romans 9:31; Galatians 5:19-21, 24; Ephesians 2:2-3; Galatians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Romans 2:28-29; Galatians 3:22.

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