ROMANS 7:4-5
Sunday Morning:
January 1, 2006
Text: Romans
7:4-5 Wherefore, my brethren, ye
also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that
we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5 For when we were in the flesh,
the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring
forth fruit unto death.
FRUIT
BEARING
Romans 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become
dead (not stimulated by) to
the law (ordnances) by the body (nailed to the cross) of Christ; that ye should be married [ginomia, to become, to be
turned, 1096, not marriage 1060] to another, even to him who is raised from the dead (Christ,
our high priest), that we should
[may] bring forth [subjunctive] fruit unto God.
ABIDE
IN ME AND I IN YOU
John 15:4 Abide
in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear [present active] fruit of itself, except it abide [present
active subjunctive] in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide [present
active subjunctive] in me.
YOU
CAN DO NOTHING
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth [present active] in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth [present active] much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
DISCIPLES
BEAR FRUIT
John 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear
[present active subjunctive] much fruit;
so shall ye be my disciples.
FRUIT
OF THE BRANCH
Judges 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave
my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the
trees?
CREATED
FOR HIS PLEASURE
Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honour and power: for thou hast created
all things, and for thy pleasure
they are and were created.
WE
NEED TO PLEASE HIM
2 Timothy 2:4 No man that warreth [present middle] entangleth [present passive] himself with the affairs of this
life; that he may please him who
hath chosen him to be a soldier.
STRONG
IN GRACE
2 Timothy 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong [present
passive] in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
LIVING
BY FAITH PLEASES HIM
Hebrews 11:6 But without
faith it is impossible to please
him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that
he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
ABOUND
IN PLEASING GOD
1 Thessalonians 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the
Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
WELL
PLEASING UNTO GOD
Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable [well pleasing] unto
God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable
[well pleasing], and perfect,
will of God.
WELL
DONE
Matthew 25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful
over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter
thou into the joy of thy lord.
BECAUSE
WE ARE IN THE FLESH
Romans 7:5 For when we were [imperfect active, past
continuous action] in the flesh,
the motions [passions] of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto [the] death
[qanatov].
PASSIONS
TO SIN BECAUSE OF LUST
James 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings
among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
THE
LAW SAYS “NO”
James 4:2 Ye
lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire
to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight
and war, yet ye have not, because ye
ask not.
DENIED
BECAUSE OF LUST
James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye
ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
NOT
FAITHFUL TO GOD
James 4:4 Ye adulterers
and adulteresses, know ye not that
the friendship of the world is
enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy
of God.
ADULTERY
FORBIDDEN
Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
FRUIT OF PASSION, DEATH
Leviticus 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's
wife, even he that committeth adultery
with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer
and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
SOWING
TO THE FLESH
Galatians 6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the (abba) Spirit (of God’s Son) shall of
the Spirit reap life everlasting.
WALK
IN THE SPIRIT
Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk [present
active] in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the
flesh.
ABBA
SPIRIT OF GOD’S SON
Galatians 4:5-6 To redeem them that were under the law, that
we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
JESUS
PLEASED THE FATHER
John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath
not left me alone; for I do always
those things that please him.
THE
SPIRIT OF GOD’S SON
Mark 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are
possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
LUST
AND PASSIONS OF THE FLESH
Galatians 5:18-19 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are
not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest,
which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
FRUIT
OF LUST OF THE FLESH
Galatians 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings,
and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you
in time past, that they which do such
things shall not inherit the
WARNING
TO BRETHREN
James 1:14-16 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn
away of his own lust, and
enticed. 15 Then when
lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin:
and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth [present active] death
[qanatov]. 16 Do not
err, my beloved brethren.
SAVE
A SOUL FROM DEATH
James 5:19-20 Brethren,
if any of you do err from the truth,
and one convert him; 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner (brother) from the error of his way shall save
a soul (of a brother) from [ek, out from] death [qanatov], and shall hide a multitude of sins.