• Condition of Man — Rom 3:9-12, 23
• Salvation
  • Not by ability to keep the law — Rom 3:20; 2:28-29
    • Not by works
    • Not by self
  • But by grace, God did it — Rom 3:21-24
• The Two Systems
  • Self — Law
    • No one is good enough
    • There are no law keepers
  • God — Grace
    • Only One righteous
    • Only One law keeper
    • Only One saves
      • By Death
      • Resurrection
      • Intercession
      • Justification
      • Makes righteous
• Now — Assurance of Justification and Sanctification Rom 5-11
  • Peace with God — Rom 5:1; Rom 9, 10, 11
  • Established in grace — not in self
• Assurance — Rom 7
  • The New Testament view of the Law
  • The purpose of grace
    • To make us holy
  • Important truths
    • Justificaton by the Law is impossible
    • Sanctification by the Law is impossible
• Dead to Law — Rom 1-6:4
  • Married to Christ — to bring forth fruit
  • Not married to Christ — impossible to bear fruit
• Paul —Accusers
  • Deals with the issues
    • Man under authority of law — Rom 1-6
    • Wife under authority of husband
    • Death ends the first contract
    • Loose — put away
  • Now there is a new one — Rom 7:1-6
    • Released from the old — Rom 7:6
    • To serve a new master
    • A new husband
    • The new way of the Spirit
  • The union with Christ — producing fruit of the Spirit
    • Heart of obedience
    • Loving righteousness
    • Loving holiness
    • Loving the Law
  • The new one does not violate the old
  • Being married to Christ does not mean adultery
• The Gospel — Rom 7:4
  • The Law did not die — it is alive
  • The believer died to the Law
    • Not bound — loosed
• Not Under Law — Rom 6:14
  • Not in a position of trying to save ourselves
    • Or justify ourselves
    • Or sanctify ourselves
  • Not our goodness
    • Obedience
    • Morality
    • Ethic
  • Not under law as the condition of salvation
    • There is a change
    • A new relationship
    • Under grace
• Under Law
  • Curse
  • Bondage
• Under Grace Now
  • How?
    • Released
    • Delivered
    • Set free
• Shall We Sin Because We Are Under Grace? — No!!!
  • Under grace
    • Love the Lord
    • Love His Word — All of it
    • His commands are a delight
• Why Not Sin? — A new heart!
  • A new heart transplant
• The Method of Release
  • From the legal bond
  • Death
    • Our debt to the Law
    • Paid by Christ
• Now We Belong to Him
  • Union with Him
  • We want to be like Him
  • He kept the Law!
• The Only Law-Keeper

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