• Now We Live
  • Not to gain
  • But because we have
    • The whole Bible is a guide
  • For the expression of gratitude
    • Child's delight in honoring parents
• The Law: Good — Holy
  • It is the transgression that brings death
• The Struggle
  • Paul
  • Believers
    • Flesh is spirit — Gal 5:17
• Nothing Wrong with the Law, It Is Good — Rom 7:7-12
  • Trouble is with us
• The Reality of Life "Rom 7:13-25
  • Living as a justified man
  • The Christian life
• Paul the Great Christian — Has It All Together
  • Paul opens his life
  • Emotional level
• Paul Struggles — "I"m in a battle"
  • I do not do what I want to do
  • I do what I do not want to do
  • I desire what is good — but I cannot carry it out
• Paul Feels Wretched — Rom 7:24
  • The cry of a believer!
  • I"m sick of my sin
  • I"m sick of myself
• Thank You Paul for Being Honest
  • The relief — Rom 7:24-25
    • Answer — thank God
    • Victory — through Christ Jesus
• Our Problem
  • We count on our ability to keep Law to be good enough
  • We still dwell on our performance
  • We are prisoners!
  • Until we are free in grace
    • We do not grow very much
  • Only one Person pleases God — Christ
  • Christ living in me pleases God
  • My union with Him brings acceptance
    • Justification
    • Sanctification
    • Growth
  • Count on Him
  • Do not put yourself back under law
    • Sin cannot condemn under grace
  • Failure as a Christian
    • Back under condemnation
• Communion
  • I"m not good enough
  • That —right
  • You won't be here
• Communion Is for Those under Grace
  • Married to Christ
  • Not for those who are good enough
  • Reminder not under condemnation because of Christ
  • Death — Resurrection
  • Celebration of union
• How to Live? — Be faithful to Him
  • I am free to be faithful
• The Right Question
  • Not what shall deliver me
    • A method — A strategy
    • A program — An organization
    • A new effort — A determination
    • A better self-image
  • None of these
• But Who Shall Deliver Me?
  • Me? Self? Works?
  • Abraham?
  • Noah?
  • Moses?
  • It is through Jesus Christ our Lord!
• Thanks Be to God!
  • There is the assurance
  • That is where we live
  • That is where we concentrate
  • We abide in Him!
  • We are in union with Him
  • We draw from Him
    • Vine — Branch
• Through Him
  • We are justified
  • We are sanctified
  • We grow
• Becoming Like Him
  • It is God —commitment
  • It is God —grace
  • We respond
    • To obey Him
    • To serve Him
    • To honor Him

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