Let's read this again....
Rom.7
[8] But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Paul tells us that because of God's commandments/laws and with it the knowledge of knowing just what sin actually was...brought up even MORE sinful actions and made him even more aware of the nature of sin. Paul tells us that WITHOUT God's laws...the knowledge of sin was dead to him. He had no idea what he was doing was wrong in God's eye without the law.
Sin did not use the law to bring up all kinds of lust in Paul. God's law caused Paul to see just how sinful sin actually was.
Yes sin did
But sin, taking occasion by the commandemnt WROUGHT IN ME ALL MANNER OF CONCUPISCENCE, for without the law sin was dead
Once I was alive without the law, but when the commandment came SIN REVIVED AND I DIED
And the commandment that was ordained to life I found to be unto death
FOR SIN, TAKING OCCASION BY THE COMMANDMENT DECEIVED ME, AND BY IT SLEW ME
[9] For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died
Paul tells us that he was alive before he knew what God's laws were. Just as most of us..we were out doing our thing..thinking we were living it up...having a grand old time. But what happened to Paul when he became aware of the knowledge of God's laws? That man and that lifestyle had to die. Sin became known and the old Paul and his ways died.
[10] And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Notice what Paul says above. God's commandments/laws were ordained to LIFE! Why? Because keeping them will ensure eternal life. But what happened to the old Paul...the Paul that did not know what he was doing was sin? Well that old Paul died once he was made aware of God's laws.
Paul did not die to God's laws. The knowledge of God's laws caused Paul to change his lifestyle. That old Paul died...the man Paul used to be died. Paul tells us this clearly...let's read it again;
" For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died"
Now...this is how I understand the verses above.
Here is your chance.... If you could, could you please tell me how it is you see these same verses as saying; "Sin used the good and Holy laws of God to arouse all kind of lust in Paul and made him feel condemned."
If you could...how could sin use the law of God to arouse all kinds of lust within Paul to make him feel condemned? Interested in seeing your logic here.
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I'll give you an example
I have a grandson, when he was two he used to come to our home. There were six things he was told not to touch in my computer room, one was the telephone. If he could dart into the room unnoticed he went straight for the things he was told not to touch
One dy he came in and hovered his hand over the phone and stared art me, I stared back and told him to take hisw hand away.
You see, by me giving him rules/laws/commands it brought an excitement to him to break my rules, for that is basic human nature, there is often especially as children an excitement stirred by doing what you are told not to do
Now, if I had not given him those rules, he may have sometimes gone to touch those things but the allure woud not have been so great.
But there was nothing wrong with my rules as there isn't God's laws, but it is human nature, sin, and you have an enemy, satan, and if he can use the good and Holy laws of God to condemn you'by stirring up desires to sin because of them he will, but he can only do that if you are under law
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