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Romans Chapter 7. Paul goes on to talk more about the role of
Jewish law. He says that the law only applies to people who are
alive, but that Christians are dead to the world and dead to the
law. Thus, they don't have to obey all those fussy rules anymore.
Sweet! It's kind of like when a man and woman get married—they have
to stay faithful to each other. But if the husband dies, all bets
are off. Now the wife can remarry and it's a-okay with everyone.
Plus, she gets double wedding presents. Basically, Paul's saying
that because of Jesus, Jewish law is dead. Christians have
remarried and belong with God now. He's their dream guy. Before all
that, we were slaves to the law and sin, but now we're free to run
barefoot in a meadow with the Holy Spirit. How exhilarating. Now,
wait just a second, Paul… it sounds like you're saying Jewish law
is sinful. Oh no, Paul explains. You're misunderstanding! The
law isn't sinful, but it does point out all kinds of sin to us…
making that sin look oh-so delicious. See, if no one had ever said,
"Don't steal stuff," would we have even thought of stealing? Um,
Paul, you're losing us. Look, the law is good, Paul says. Don't get
him wrong. It's doing its best, but really it can't hold a candle
to the power of sin. Ooooh, what's the power of sin? Well, it just
means that sin has major pull over people. We may try to follow the
law and do good things, but we just keep getting drawn back towards
doing bad things. Blame it on the sin. See, we're just weak, sad
little mortal beings who can't help but do bad things. And sin
usually looks pretty good to us. But the good news is, there's
someone who can get us off this crazy merry-go-round of sin. You
guessed it—it's Jesus! It's always Jesus. Thanks to Shmoop.com
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