Romans 7:1-25
If we were to get technical, meticulous and down right dirty, it can be said that the entire church community is having an adulterous affair with the law. In other words, they are cheating on Christ. They are cheating on their new husband. Their new husband of grace is not enough to satisfy them, so they need to go back to their old hard beating husband and get a little more kicking and licking. I just love how Paul comes off in verse 4 of Romans "Wherefore my Jew brethren, and all of our modern day Jew Christian brethren like the "Hinn's, the Robertson's, the Popoff, the Hanegraff, the Robert's, LaHaye's, Copeland's, Hagin's and all.
"Your old man is dead (the law). You now have a new husband. Why would you want to continue serving the old, that is dead, buried and gone, when you have such a wonderful new husband in Christ? Why would you want to remain married to an old husband? You have a new husband that doesn't beat you down nor keeps you under guilt, fear and condemnation. Your new husband has set you free from the enslavement of the old. Your old husband is dead. Why would you want to commit adultery with an old dead corpse?"
"Don't you get it? The old husband took you to the old dead grave with Him, but you did not belong there because you were made alive by your new husband and He pulled you out of the law of sin and death to sit you high with the law of life in Christ Jesus? Your dead and gone old husband cannot produce any good fruit for you. Only the new husband can produce any good fruit." Friends, notice now what Paul says in verse 5 "For when we WERE in the flesh (under the law) the motions of sin (who got its strength from the law), did produce nothing but death in you."
Now, get ready for the 'BUT' - "But now we are (not going to be) delivered from the law, that being DEAD to the law that once held us in bondage; that from here on out we should serve God in newness of spirit (since the old law has been put to death, buried and done away with 2 Cor. chapter 3) and not in the oldness of the letter (that which was carved on stone and written with ink)"
Friends, there is a mouth full in all of the verses I pretty much summarized for all of you, and you can rest assured that these verses are only speaking to those who know the law and still want to continue trusting in the law. Evangelical's do not know nor understand the law.
It is clearly obvious from all of these verses that our so called modern theological pulpit preachers and modern day church scholars don't know this and don't want you to know it, because if you know about such a thing, then they can't make money out of you and keep your mind and life under their control. Friends, the old husband is kept alive inside the four walls of every living organized church religion. It is a box of confusion, torment, lies, manipulation, deception, control and spiritual witchcraft.
Our new husband now lives within our heart, spirit and mind, but if we continue to be unfaithful to our new husband by attempting to live by the old things that we could never pleased our old husband, then we commit spiritual adultery on our new husband of love, peace, grace and righteousness. Whenever a legalist raises the issue about physical adultery, regarding someone who they know is involved in an adulterous affair, I normally respond to them with: "So, you too are involved in an adulterous relationship". Then, when they get all bent out of shape about it, I take them to Romans 7. :)
Friends, you are dead to the law. You are dead to all of its traditions, rituals, ceremonies, sacrifices and what have you. You have a new husband and you are His dear new bride that has been washed in the blood, sanctified, justified, redeemed, without blemish, spot or wrinkle. Your new Husband treats you with unconditional love, grace and peace. He is never angry with you nor does He expects you to do anything to earn His love. If you or anyone ever gets a hold of this, not only will your heart be transformed, and your heart established in grace, but you will see others through the eyes of your new husband and not through the eyes of the old.
to be continued...
Grace N Peace
Eddie Narvaez