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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS
CHAPTER 7
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM
GOD SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME
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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS
CHAPTER 7
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM TRUTH
GOD SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME ADVENTURE
Glad you're back
to share some more Daily Bread. You're gonna find that the more you read
Paul's writings, and the more you get to know his character, you'll relate
to him so clearly that you can actually feel his soul talk with you.
In this chapter, Paul starts out by talking about the law, and using an example of marriage.
Don't you know, brethren,
(for I speak to them that know the law,)
how the law is in force over a man as long as he lives?
For the woman which has an husband
is bound by the law to her husband so long as he lives;
but if the husband be dead,
she is loosed from the law concerning her husband.
So then if, while her husband lives, she be married to another man,
she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead,
she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress,
though she be married to another man.
Relax now, all of you who are divorced.
LET'S SEEK THE TRUTH TOGETHER
Let's go back in time a bit shall we? Back when the Pharisees brought up
the marriage topic to Jesus.
They came to tempt Jesus and asked, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his
wife for any reason? Jesus answered, Haven't you read, in the beginning,
God made male and female, and said, For this reason, a man shall leave his
father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be
one flesh? Then they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has
joined together, let not man separate.
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM PROMISE
GOD SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME JOURNEY
The Pharisees debated with Jesus
and said "Then why did Moses command to give a writing of divorcement and
send her away?" Jesus said, Because of the callous nature of your heart,
Moses wrote this ruling.(Because the people changed the natural order of
marriage) But from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, whoever
sends his wife away, unless it was for fornication, and marries another,
commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman who has been sent away
commits adultery.
JESUS ALSO SAID ...
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Matthew 19:11
All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is
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JESUS
IS SAYING ALL LAWS DO NOT APPLY
TO ALL SITUATIONS
Divorce is a very delicate matter
for those Christians who are considering or have divorced and yet love the
Lord. My heart goes out to you and your
family. Now before you go sentencing
yourself as being an adulterer or and adulteress, let's look at
something. What if a marriage was not meant to be from the get go? What
if it was not holy in the eyes of the Lord?
Many families have been torn asunder by the question of the heart of
divorce, despite whether the one wishing to depart chose to do so, or
stayed in misery due to obligation and/or fear.
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM GIFT
GOD SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME WITH GRACE
Let's seek the TRUTH in scripture.
In fact, Paul wrote this as well. It reveals in (1
Corinthians, Chapter 7, Verses 12-17) ... That if a woman has a husband who
is not a believer, and the man wants her to stay, let her not leave him
because the husband is sanctified by the wife's belief. This is because
when two marry (In God's eyes) they become ONE. This sanctification
includes your children. This statement was
made by Paul. In verse 12 he shares that this is his opinion, NOT the
Lord's command. Many Religious leaders like
to use this "ruling" to keep women in abusive relationships only to have
the relationship end in bitterness and even death ... The Word also says
that what God brought together, let no man put asunder. However, that
brings up the question of God honoring every marriage license the local
leaders are willing to make a lil money on.
In particular in today's society where most go from
hello to I do before establishing a foundation in friendship. Some marry
out of CON-venience, lust, trying to get away from home, etc. ... The
obvious result is division by divorce as it was not to be in the first
place. Is it not God's will to have them apart as they were not meant to
be married and made a poor choice? Is God then divided against Himself
because He wants Love to be FOREVER? God forbid. It is mankind's use of
marriage that has brought on the divisions and variations of judgment.
TRUE marriage is the union of two minds, hearts and souls and they become
ONE in LOVE. Whether God deems a specific marriage REAL becomes THE
question to ponder.
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM CURE
GOD SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME PATH
I want to take this opportunity to say that this is NOT a passport to get
out of a marriage so you can get a new man or woman. God Forbid ... But
rather the TRUTH for those who it applies to. If you WERE married in LOVE
and in God's eyes and you have become worldly and just want a way out so
you can go an follow the trends of today like cattle to the slaughter,
this is not applicable. If the shoe fits ... Slap that rascal on
Cinderella. If it does not, it is not wise to try to apply it as the
results will not be the same. He who hath wisdom, hear this TRUTH.
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Matthew 19:11
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ALL LAWS DO NOT APPLY
TO ALL SITUATIONS
The TRUTH my friend is that ONLY the Lord knows the
TRUTH of your situation. Obviously, He wants what is best
for you, so you must find out from HIM what it is that you are to do.
Religious leaders, Friends, Family, Paul and I can share our opinions but
ONLY GOD can discern the TRUTH of this particular matter and guide you
down the right path. Ask HIM to reveal the TRUTH to you. Ask Him to show
you HIS Will. Ask in Jesus' name ... Pray without ceasing. TRUST in HIM.
If you have already divorced,
do not sit around and judge yourself or let others judge ya ... That is
God's job and He believes in Mercy, forgiveness and Grace. What can your
worry and doubt do but cause problems for you? Let go and let God.
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM EXPLAINED
GOD SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME AND YOU
Take a look at
Paul, himself. This is a man who used to beat Christians and drag them to
prison for believing in Jesus, and this same man became the Lord's Apostle to the
Gentiles. Do you think that if someone gets a divorce, that the Lord will
not use them, and they're doomed? Don't get me wrong, God doesn't like
divorce, but he doesn't like covetousness either and each of us do that
every day of our lives. It's even in the big 10 (commandments) yet you don't
worry about your salvation each day when you do that. Why is it easier to
accept God's Grace for one sin over another? Just something to ponder about.
Now, let's get back to what Paul was saying.
For this reason, my brethren,
you also have become dead to the law by the body of Christ;
that you should be married to another (Jesus),
That is, Him who is raised from the dead,
that we should bring forth fruit to serve God.
For when we were in the flesh (before you were spiritually reborn),
the desires of sins, which were by the law,
worked in our bodies to bring forth fruit to serve death.
But now we're released from the law, that being dead in which we were held;
that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Have you ever
looked at things that way before? Whether you're a man or a woman, married
or not, you have become dead to the law so that you can be married to Jesus
and serve God. Pretty cool, huh?
Be careful
now. Nobody said anything about carousing around or that you're released
from a righteous living by saying this. It doesn't give anyone excuse or
reason to divorce, or to condemn themselves or anyone else for divorce. The
newness of spirit is the cool part, that's all. I'm going to repeat the last
verse, because I think after reading it again, you'll be a little more
understanding of it now, and then we'll move right along with Paul's letter.
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM HOPE
GOD SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME WITH JESUS
But now we're released from the law, that being dead in which we were held;
that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
What shall we say then? Is the law sin?
By no means.
No, I wouldn't have known sin, if it wasn't for the law:
for I wouldn't have known covetousness, if the law hadn't said,
Thou shalt not covet.
But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment,
brought about in me all manner of desire.
For without the law sin was dead.For I was alive without the law once:
but when the commandment (law) came, sin revived, and I died.
And the commandment (law), which was appointed to life,
I found to be unto (serving) death.For sin, taking opportunity by the law,
deceived me, and slew me. Therefore, the law is holy,
and the commandment is holy, and just, and good.
Sooooo, let's see
if we've got this straight. The law is holy and the commandment is holy and
just and good, but sin uses the law to deceive people. Don't get this
confused by thinking that Paul is saying that the law is to blame, but
rather, sin is to blame, for abusing the law to deceive and bring death.
Was the law then, which is good, made death unto me?
By not means. But sin, that it might appear sin,
was producing death in me by that which is good;
so that sin by the law might become exceeding sinful.
Okay, this gets
kind of complicated but let's look at this closely. How could satan make sin
even more sinful? By using something holy to deceivingly bring evil to
people.
For we know that the law is spiritual:
but I am carnal (human, fleshly), sold under sin.
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM MEANING
GOD SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME HEALING WITHIN
This is an
interesting phrase that Paul uses "sold under sin." It means that we as
humans, inherited sin, because Adam and Eve sold their purity for it. We
inherently do it. Now, I encourage you to read the next part ever so slowly,
because Paul explains this so well, that you may just be speechless when
you're through reading it. I'm gonna add some commas here and there to make
it easier to understand and use some more modern language, but some of the
wording, you'll find that if you read it word for word from your Bible, if
you know how to interpret some of the words, is just brilliant. Here goes.
The things which I do,
I allow not (I don't approve of):
but what I want to do,
that, I do not do;
but what I hate,
that is what I do.
If then, I do that which I don't want to do,
I agree with the law that it is good.
Now then, it is not really I that do it,
but sin that lives within me.
For I know that in me
(that is, in my flesh,)
lives no good thing:
(Genesis 6:5)
for to want to do good, is within me;
but how to perform that which is good,
I cannot figure out.
For the good that I want to do,
I do not do:
but the evil which I don't want to do,
that is what I do.
Now if I do what I don't want to do,
it is not really I that do it,
but sin that lives within me.
So then, I find a law (in my body),
that, when I want to do good, evil comes calling.
For I delight in the law of God in my mind,
but I see another law in my body,
warring against the law of my mind,
and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my body.
O wretched (miserable) man that I am!
Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So then with the mind,
I myself serve the law of God;
but with the flesh, the law of sin.
OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM SUMMARY
GOD SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME CONCLUSION
Friends, you've
just got to suppose that Paul went through a whole lot of papyrus (what they
used to write on) trying to
word that stuff just right, because it's something that we all feel, often,
and yet we think that nobody understands us because we're that way. When
really, everyone is that way, they just don't know how to explain it either.
Let me explain it
yet another way that maybe you never thought of before ... Each of us has a
dual personality ... Our own righteous self is one of us ... And original
sin is the other.
Next time you're
beating yourself up and saying in your mind, Why did I do that!? You can
recall what Paul said, O wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from
this misery? And then, remember the answer that he answered himself with. I
thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Remember at the
beginning of today's study I said you would feel like Paul's Soul was
talking to ya? Do you believe me now? Come on back soon, and we'll get
even more acquainted with Paul as we continue through his letter to the
Romans, right here at Daily Bread.
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