Romans Chapter 7
IN THIS LESSON
What if I told you, “The law increases sin or crime”? Is this a new concept? Paul says, “I would not have known sin except through the law.” Furthermore, he continues, “Apart from the law, sin is dead.” Why is that? Fred Craddock once shared a story about walking out of his house when his mom shouted, “Don’t play in the mud!” He replied, “Okay!” but at the same time, he thought to himself, ‘Playing in mud? I never even thought of that!’
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N. T. Wright, Romans for Everyone (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2023), 90-92.