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2. Be exalted, O LORD, in Your own strength!
Psalm 21:13
Be exalted, O LORD, in Your own strength!
We will sing and praise Your power.
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3. Finding the Cause of Sin
Romans 7:7-25
Finding the Cause of Sin
ROMANS 3:1-18

4. Gospel: the Power of Salvation
- All men sin and are cut off from God - Justification is peace with God by death of enmity - Death at the cross is accessed in baptism - Baptism releases us from slavery - Jesus death was the ONLY way for a new covenant What is the cause of sin?

5. Law is NOT the Cause
Blaming law for sin is incorrect - The law is GOOD - It revealed death
Imagine going to a doctor and he finds you are dying. Is it the doctor’s fault?

6. Serving the Flesh
Flesh: the physical nature 1 Corinthians 2:12 – 3:3 Flesh: Natural, carnal, unspiritual, worldly Man’s place in the natural world is by flesh 2 Peter 2:12 Jude 10
2Pe 2:12 But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed,
Jude 1:10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.

7. Serving the Flesh
James 1:13-15 Flesh is NOT beyond our control Its desires are sinful INSOFAR as they are without reason or understanding
Jas 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

8. Sinful Flesh
Romans 8:1-4 Jesus was in sinful flesh Hebrews 4:15 Hebrews 7:26 Jesus was without sin Jesus was undefiled Flesh is not sinful by nature, but leads to sin
Heb 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin
Heb 7:26 For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;

9. Flesh: ONE Cause of Sin
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world John 2:16
Lust of the flesh
Lust of the eyes
Pride of life
2Pe 2:12 But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed,
Jude 1:10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.

10. Overcoming Sinful Flesh
How can we avoid serving the flesh? Prayer – Matthew 26:41 Being Spiritual – Galatians 5:16-17 Setting our mind right – Romans 8:5-6
Mt 26:41 "Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.“
Ga 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.
Ro 8:6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

12. Romans Road of Salvation
Hearing and Believing ……….Romans 10:17 Confessing Jesus as Lord ……..Romans 10:9 Repentance from sin ….….Romans 6:11-13 Baptism into Christ ……………Romans 6:3-4 Remaining faithful ……………Romans 12:1-2