“Know ye not, brethren – for I speak to them that know the Law – how that the Law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?” [Ro.7:1]
“Seeing – it is one (or, that you are One and the same) God – which shall Justify the Circumcision out of Faith – and the unCircumcision through Faith: (31) Do we then make void the Law through Faith? God forbid! We Establish the Law!” [Ro.3:30-31]
“Being Justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus – (25) whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation – through faith in His blood – to Declare His Righteousness for the Remission of sins that are past through the Forbearance of God; (26) to Declare – I say – at this time – His Righteousness – that He might be Just – and the Justifier – of him which believeth in Jesus.” [Ro.3:24-26]
“Where is boasting then? It is excluded! Through what Law(?) – of works(?) – Nay – but through the Law of Faith! (28) Therefore we reckon a man to be Justified – apart from – works of Law! (29) Is God – only the God of the Jews(?) – and not also of the Gentiles? Yes – also of the Gentiles!” [Ro.3:27-29]
From what is being stated in these four contextual sections of the holy scriptures – we will embark on making comments that ultimately will describe the True Believer’s Relationship – in this world – with the — “Holy, Just and Good Law of God”. [see Ro.7:12]
The first Text out of Ro.7:1 clearly relates the Gospel Truth – that we do not “own the Law of God” – but “the Law of God does own – all of us”! The Law –and what it reveals in our lives – has Sovereign Dominion over us from the Womb to the Tomb! For example, Ps.51:5 declares “Behold, I was shapen in Iniquity – and in Sin did my mother conceive me.” And from Is.48:8 the Bible says that all of us are “called a Transgressor from the womb”. Also, from Job 14:4 – the Word of God plainly asks — and then it answers – “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!”
It is this Truth — we come into this world completely sinful – that underscores the Spiritual Significance of this whole subject matter. This is true because we are all sinners. Ro.3:23 dogmatically declares: “For all have sinned – and come short of the glory of God! And guess what! How do we Know this Truth? Ro.3:19-20 gives us the Answer — in this precise manner: “Now we Know that what things soever the Law saith – it saith to them who are – Under the Law – that every mouth may be stopped – and all the world may become guilty before God. (20) Therefore – by the deeds of the Law there shall No Flesh be Justified in His Sight – for by the Law – is the Knowledge of Sin.”
When the Word of God’s Holy Scriptures says this – it literally means — that it is God’s Law that has it’s Sovereign Dominion over all of us – and it declares its indisputable evidence that we are all – without a doubt — nothing but Spiritually Guilty Sinners! This is the Grave Reality that describes our Relationship with God’s Holy Just and Good Law – and we need to be Justified – or Declared to be Righteous – by none other than Holy Just and Good God! This Must be the case – or else we – with all our sins – are facing God’s Eternal Judgment. Amen. — John Carpenter
