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Two Natures Divide the Self vv.14 - 20 1. How does the Apostle contrast the law with the power of sin in his life? 2. Contrast between the terms spiritual and unspiritual (carnal). 3. What does Paul perceive about his spirituality in v.15? 4. According to v.16 what is the law good for? How? 5. What effect did salvation have on the believer's conscience? 6. How does the apostle describe his sinful nature? 7. Describe the conflict of flesh and spirit within Paul. 8. Is Paul responsible for his sins? Of Law and Sin vv.21 - 23 1. How did Paul regard God's law? Where? 2. Rephrase the apostle's "law". 3. Where does the apostle "delight in the law? 4. What does this say of the believer's struggle for righteousness? 5. Where does the law of sin reside? The Believer's Dilemma vv.24 - 25 1. How does the apostle describe himself? 2. How does he regard his body? 3. What is his reaction to the reality of the sinful nature? 4. What is Paul's hope in Christ? 5. Why does Paul make a distinction between his mind and sinful nature? 6. How then should the believer overcome sin? Main Lesson: Memory Verse: Romans 7:24-25 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God-through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin. |