Sharing is Caring

We who have been released from the law         [Romans 7:5-6]                        Look at Romans 7:5-6: “For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.   But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.”   The word “we” appears 5 times in Romans 7:5-6.   But “we” in verse 5 and “we” in verse 6 are completely different.   “We” in verse 5 is “we” before regeneration, and “we” in verse 6 is “we” after regeneration.   Here, the “we” before the regeneration is the unbelievers “we” before believing in Jesus, and the “we” after the regeneration is the believer “we” after believing in Jesus.       ...