The Commandment Brings Realization of Sin (TMF:1647)

Tuesday, July 06, 2021
Peace to Live By: The Commandment Brings Realization of Sin (TMF:1647) - Daniel Litton
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       Next Paul says, verse 9: “I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good” (Romans 7:9-12, ESV). You see, the commandment, God’s Word, shows the sinner where he or she is wrong. It convicts a person of sin. Paul said, “the commandment came” and then what happened? He says, “sin came alive and I died.” Sin was made manifest by the presence of the commandment. The commandment made Paul realize, as it does many people today, how they are not living up to God’s standard. And this what? Well, it causes sin to come alive; it causes the death, the feeling of conviction. People realize where they are sinning. They realize they are in the wrong, that God is against their behaviors.