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<li>The Relationship of the Law to the Believer
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<li>The marriage illustration
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<li>The binding character of the marriage law</li>
<li>The duration of the bond</li>
<li>The dissolution of the bond</li>
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<li>The doctrinal truth
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<li>The first husband is the law</li>
<li>When Christ died the Law died with Him &#8212; <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Col',2,'13-17');">Col 2:13-17</a></li>
<li>The believer is married to a new husband &#8212; Christ</li>
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<li>The principles applied
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<li>Death experienced &#8212; <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,4);">Rom 7:4a</a></li>
<li>Relationship established &#8212; <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,4);">Rom 7:4b</a></li>
<li>New life begun &#8212; <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,4);">Rom 7:4c</a></li>
<li>New freedom experienced &#8212; <a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,6);">Rom 7:6</a>
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<li>Negative &#8212; not by the old letter</li>
<li>Positive &#8212; but by the new spirit</li>
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<li>The Law and Sin
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<li>Law reveals the fact of sin &#8212; <a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,7);">Rom 7:7</a>
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<li>The Law makes it apparent</li>
<li>The Law did not create sin</li>
<li>The Law exposes sin</li>
<li>The exposure to Paul</li>
<li>The evil desires revealed, 10th Commandment &#8212; <a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('Exo',20,17);">Exo 20:17</a></li>
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<li>The Law reveals the awareness of sin
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<li>It affects the conscience</li>
<li>It increases the sense of sin</li>
<li>It provokes sin</li>
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<li>The Law condemns sin &#8212; <a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,8);">Rom 7:8b</a>
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<li>The judgment of the Law</li>
<li>The fact of spiritual death</li>
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<li>The Law reveals the power of sin &#8212; <a id="si_10" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,9);">Rom 7:9</a>
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<li>The Law has legal power to convict</li>
<li>The Law has no life-power to deliver</li>
<li>Sin over-powers us and holds us helpless</li>
<li>We must die to self-reliance</li>
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<li>The Law reveals the effect of sin &#8212; <a id="si_11" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,10);">Rom 7:10</a>
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<li>Sin brings death</li>
<li>Law legalizes</li>
<li>Paul &#8212;discovery of indwelling sin came after conversion</li>
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<li>The Law reveals the deception of sin &#8212; <a id="si_12" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,11);">Rom 7:11</a>
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<li>It deceives us into thinking wrongly about God &#8212; that He will condone sin</li>
<li>It deceives us into thinking wrongly about ourselves &#8212; that we are not really responsible
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<li>By making us think that we can stand in our own strength</li>
<li>By producing the illusion that we can meet any situation</li>
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<li>The Law reveals the sinfulness of sin &#8212; <a id="si_13" onclick="return mV('Rom',7,'12-13');">Rom 7:12-13</a>
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<li>The Law imposes penalty upon the Law-breaker</li>
<li>The Law proves the sinfulness of human nature
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<li>Sin as leprosy</li>
<li>Sin as leaven</li>
<li>There is no defect in the Law</li>
<li>The defect is in us</li>
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<li>"Under grace" means we are not "under Law"
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<li>We have been discharged from the Law</li>
<li>We have been cleared and will never face trial by the Law
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<li>The Law must be out of the way for the Lord Jesus Christ to live by faith in our hearts</li>
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