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‘The very commandment that was intended to bring life’ (2)       [Romans 7:8-13]                        Look at Romans 7:10 – “I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.”   Here, “the very commandment” is the commandment that leads to the life God has given.   If we keep this commandment, we can live (eg, if we keep 10 years, we can live 10 years, if we keep 100 years, we can live 100 years, and if we keep 1,000 years, we can live 1,000 years).   D   If we live by this commandment, we will be blessed.   The first commandment God gave to Adam, the representative of mankind, is recorded in Genesis 2:16-17: “And the LORD God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will s...

  ‘The very commandment  that was intended to bring life’ (1)       [Romans 7:8-13]                         Look at Romans 7:10 – “I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.”    Here, “the very commandment” is the commandment that God gave to the first Adam, and it is recorded in Genesis 2:16-17 like this: “And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”    If Adam had not eaten from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil according to the very commandment, he would have come to life.    In other words, if Adam had obeyed that very commandment that was intended to bring life (Rom. 7:10), then he would have attained eternal life.  ...