Freedom

Romans 7:1-6

There is no easy walk to

freedom anywhere, and many
of us will have to pass through
the valley of the shadow of
death again and again before
we reach the mountaintop of
our desires.
- Nelson Mandela

Condemnation
Romans 1-3

Justification
Romans 4-5

Sanctification
Romans 6-8

Romans 7:1-6
1 Or do you not know, brothers
for I am speaking to those
who know the lawthat the law
is binding on a person only as
long as he lives? 2 For a
married woman is bound by law
to her husband while he lives,
but if her husband dies she is
released from the law of
marriage.

Romans 7:1-6
3 Accordingly, she will be
called an adulteress if she lives
with another man while her
husband is alive. But if her
husband dies, she is free from
that law, and if she marries
another man she is not an
adulteress.

Romans 7:1-6
4 Likewise, my brothers, you
also have died to the law
through the body of Christ, so
that you may belong to another,
to him who has been raised
from the dead, in order that we
may bear fruit for God.

Romans 7:1-6
5 For while we were living in the
flesh, our sinful passions, aroused
by the law, were at work in our
members to bear fruit for death. 6
But now we are released from the
law, having died to that which
held us captive, so that we serve
in the new way of the Spirit and
not in the old way of the written
code.

Freedom implies
being set free
from something...

3 Freedoms Through
Christ
1) Under the Law ==> _________ from the
Law
2) Under the Law ==> Under ______
3) Under the Law ==> Under ______

Romans 7:1-6
1 Or do you not know, brothers
for I am speaking to those
who know the lawthat the law
is binding on a person only as
long as he lives? 2 For a
married woman is bound by law
to her husband while he lives,
but if her husband dies she is
released from the law of
marriage.

Romans 7:1-6
3 Accordingly, she will be
called an adulteress if she lives
with another man while her
husband is alive. But if her
husband dies, she is free from
that law, and if she marries
another man she is not an
adulteress.

Till death do us part...

But Paul is not

teaching about
marriage here...

Paul is making a
simple analogy...

Romans 7:1-6
4 Likewise, my brothers, you
also have died to the law
through the body of Christ, so
that you may belong to another,
to him who has been raised
from the dead, in order that we
may bear fruit for God.

Romans 7:1-6
4 Likewise, my brothers, you
also have died to the law
through the body of Christ, so
that you may belong to another,
to him who has been raised
from the dead, in order that we
may bear fruit for God.

Romans 7:1-6
5 For while we were living in the
flesh, our sinful passions, aroused
by the law, were at work in our
members to bear fruit for death. 6
But now we are released from the
law, having died to that which
held us captive, so that we serve
in the new way of the Spirit and
not in the old way of the written
code.

3 Freedoms Through
Christ
1) Under the Law ==> _________ from the
Law
2) Under the Law ==> Under ______
3) Under the Law ==> Under ______

3 Freedoms Through
Christ
1) Under the Law ==> Released from the
Law
2) Under the Law ==> Under ______
3) Under the Law ==> Under ______

We are dead to
sin...
(Romans 6:2)

"United with
Christ"

We are dead to
sin...
... but alive to God
in Christ!
(Romans 6:3-11)

Live
Demonstration...

3 Freedoms Through
Christ
1) Under the Law ==> Released from the
Law
2) Under the Law ==> Under ______
3) Under the Law ==> Under ______

3 Freedoms Through
Christ
1) Under the Law ==> Released from the
Law
2) Under the Law ==> Under grace
3) Under the Law ==> Under ______

There is therefore
now no
condemnation for
those who are in
Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:1

For sin will have

no dominion over
you, since you are
not under law but
under grace.
- Romans 6:14

Romans 7:1-6
4 Likewise, my brothers, you
also have died to the law
through the body of Christ, so
that you may belong to another,
to him who has been raised
from the dead, in order that we
may bear fruit for God.

3 Freedoms Through
Christ
1) Under the Law ==> Released from the
Law
2) Under the Law ==> Under grace
3) Under the Law ==> Under ______

3 Freedoms Through
Christ
1) Under the Law ==> Released from the
Law
2) Under the Law ==> Under grace
3) Under the Law ==> Under Christ

Romans 7:1-6
4 Likewise, my brothers, you
also have died to the law
through the body of Christ, so
that you may belong to another,
to him who has been raised
from the dead, in order that we
may bear fruit for God.

Romans 7:1-6
5 For while we were living in the
flesh, our sinful passions, aroused
by the law, were at work in our
members to bear fruit for death. 6
But now we are released from the
law, having died to that which
held us captive, so that we serve
in the new way of the Spirit and
not in the old way of the written
code.

True freedom is not

without restraints.
It is living under
the sovereign and
good will of Christ.

3 Freedoms Through
Christ
1) Under the Law ==> Released from the
Law
2) Under the Law ==> Under grace
3) Under the Law ==> Under Christ

Application

Obey God
passionately,
joyfully, and freely.

FREEDOM!!!

Freedom
Romans 7:1-6