The Law and It's Relation to Sin

I. The Marriage Analogy 7:1-6

A.  The Analogy itself   1-3

B.  The Application of the Analogy  4-6

    

II. The Purpose of the Law 7:7

A.  The Historic Reformed View of the Three Purposes of the Law

According to John Calvin, and the majority of those who came after him, the Law has
three uses:  The Pedagogical, the civil, and the didactic.

    1.  The Law teaches and convicts men of sin.

    2.  The Civil Use.
    
    3.  The Didactic Use.
        This is the one that Lutherans – and many modern Christians do not agree with:  that God's Moral Law is a standard that still stands for Christians – to show us what is good and right.

B.  Is the Law Sin?

    
C.  The Law Reveals Sin

    

III. The Law Considered Negatively 7:8-11

A.  There is the promise of life to those who keep the Law perfectly – yet no one does – so the law brings death.  7:4-6; 3:19-20

B.  Does the Law cause more Sin?

    

IV. The Law Considered Positively 7:12

A.  Holy
B.  Just (righteous)
C.  Good
D.  The Law Defined

To the Christian – we find this Law written on our hearts – and we agree with it because of the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.