[Pastor Ralph]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?

[pickledilly]

The law perfectly reveals the holiness, righteousness, and goodness of the LORD. Before the law was given, He was known as God Most High, Creator, God Almighty, and such. His name I AM to Moses revealed His self-existent nature. But His Laws revealed His holiness and just-ness.

However, the Law itself could not set humanity free from the law of sin and death. It reveals sin by contrasting God's holy nature with humanity's wicked nature, but it cannot remedy sin. On earth, the effective application of this Law was "weakened by the flesh", the rebellious nature of man that ushered in sin with its consequence of death. It makes me think of an X-ray that helps make a diagnosis, but has no ability to restore health. If an X-ray reveals a displaced broken bone, that break will never heal properly unless you accept the remedy of having it set and wearing a cast. The Law shows us our broken relationship with the LORD and is intended to cause us to look to Him for divine healing of our fractured hearts.

Knowing about God's holiness doesn't save us. Only the righteous fulfillment of the law could rescue us - by someone qualified to take our place. And only the undefiled, "unbroken" Jesus Christ our Lord could accomplish that.

Our problem here is that we deal with a constant inner conflict. Paul said it so well in Eph. 7:18-19, "For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing." The Spirit we now have within us creates a desire to agree with God's laws and do good (act according to moral purity). But the flesh that constrains us still desires to act according to our sinful selfish nature and is incapable of accomplishing the new spiritual desires. Jesus is the only deliverance from this war.

[hanks]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3)
What does the law do well?
Paul writes that the law is holy and each commandment is holy and just and good. It was given by God and is therefore perfect as an expression of His will for His people. It gives us the knowledge of sin. It allows us to discover the evil nature of sin, and its deceitful workings in us.

What does it do poorly?
It is because of our sinful nature that the law could not produce holy living. It is powerless to keep us from sinning.

Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us?
The law spoke to us when we were already sinners; without strength to obey. What we need is a Saviour to deliver us from the penalty and power of sin.

What is the problem here?
We always want our way. When we know something is wrong, we want it even more.

[turnerjb1]

Knowing what is right or wrong doesn't work; look at the pharasees and sagasees in Jesus' time. They studied the law, knew it inside and out, and put their own interptations on the law. Note the term in the gospels "a sabith's day journey". This is the amount of distance a person can walk before they are actually doing work on the sabith. And how about people who enbezle from their work. They don't go in one day thinking "I'm going to steal from the company". No, they think, "I'll borrow this money and put it back before anybody notices". They borrow the money and nobody notices, so they borrow a little more, and take a little longer before they pay it back. Then they take a little and don't pay it back. This goes on and on until they have stollen thousands of dollars.

The same happens with other sins. We will justify in our own minds it is ok until we look back at the path we've taken and realize how far we're off. Then we figure there's no going back.

[Elwood C O'Dell]

The law exposes or reveals sin in our lives. The problem with the law is that it has no remedy for sin. The law is simply a device by which one can measure or come to realize sin, or have sin exposed in their lives. The law has no power to forgive one’s sin. Only God can forgive sin and He through Christ took care of that matter at Calvary.

[reily]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?

The law exposes sin for what it is. it also reavels God heart for his people to know the truth. It creats in us a desie to serve sin as our sinful nature in us is powerless to to over come the sin. It reveals in us our sin ful nature and make it clear that we are sinner by nture and the flesh as accomplished by our first father Adam. Adam was powerless not to choose sin and he was not t take of the tree.

It is alos powerless to save us a it has not power intself to change our hearts, minds or choices. It is a statued that presents the truth of God

The problem is withouts Christ saving grace. we are powerless do any thing about the law It just is and does There is no power in the law just knowing and understanding it precepts.

[charisbarak]

The law does well stating what is holy, what is right & what is evil.
The law cannot keep us from sinning.
Knowing what is right & wrong cannot save us. We need what Jesus did for us on the cross--gave His life for us.
I liken it to a mirror. We look in the mirror, see stray hairs & a dirty face. We can see it clearly, but the mirror cannot clean us up.
The problem is--the law cannot save--Jesus saves!!

[Stan]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here.

It points out the sin in our lives and allows us to know right from wrong in the view of our God. It does poorly in giving us away back to God when we do make a mistake and want forgiveness. It is powerless because it was not given to savebut to condemn to show man his frail weakness and need for a loving and forgiving Father. The problem here is our sinfulness our nature to want what is not in our best intrest and not seeking God's will for us before doing the things that causeus to fall away from Him.

[Jen]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?

The law reveals to us God's standard for righteous living and by it we learn so much about who our God is.

We are the opposite of the law by nature which is why we need to read the law even though it is written on our hearts. We seem to gloss over our sin. We cannot live and obey it on our own merits. We need the power of the Holy Spirit in us to convict us. We are powerless on our own.

God Bless!
Jen
Numbers 6:24-26

[smurf1948]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?


The law shows us what is sin. It defines sin for us. So we know what we what is right and wrong in God's eyes.

Thats all sin can do it is powerless to keep us from sin anymore than man's laws can keep us from breaking them.

Jesus died to defeat sin in our lives through the holy Spirit we can defeat sin in our lives the best that humans can.

[open2itall]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? it reveals what is sin. What does it do poorly? the written Law is poor at fighting sin Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here? on our own we are not strong enough.

[JustJeff]

The law is good as it tells us what is sin but, it cannot stop us from sinning.
We can only be saved by the blood of the Lamb, baptism and recepit of the Holy Spirit which convicts us of our sin, enabling us to have the strength to not do it. Without these, we are left to depend upon our flesh to obey the law. Impossible.

[Happy Feet]

The law is often viewed as the problem rather than the tool to reveal the truth about our lives. It is the way God clearly reveals where the plum line is to be demonstrating who is in charge of our life, our sin nature or HIS Holy Spirit. It is clear when children respond to the policeman as if he is to be scared of, because they view all authority as making life worse for them not better. So we often view God's Law. It is our perspective of fear to give up our ways, not appreciating the comfort and protection the law and its representatives provide.
In the Life Recovery Bible Romans 8: 2-4 is explained:
"Once we recognize how helpless we are to fight our dependencey, we must look outside ourself to Gof the the power we need. The life-giving Spirit that Paul mentioned here is the Holy Spirit. He was present at the creation of the world (Gen 1-2) and is available to help us as we seek to rebuild our life. We cannot overcome our addiction or compulsion alone, but God is more than able to help us. He sent his Son and destroyed the power of sin through his death and resurection. Now we can follow God's program for godly living through the power of the HOly Spirit with in us. "

The Holy Spirit is what is missing to trust the truth revealed in the Law about our sin and embower us to overcome our addiction to the old sin nature that has lost its power over our thougths, our choices, our actions and our words, replacing it with the love of Christ.

[JanMary]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well?

It is good and holy and just...pointing out God's standards of holiness, and identifying sin.

What does it do poorly?

It lacks the power to help us live a holy life.

Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us?

The law is like a book of instructions on how to assemble something which is lacking the essential "part".

What is the problem here?

The problem is that we're dead to God until He breathes life through the Holy Spirit into our spirit...that's the "part" that's missing (dead). Until that happens, we have no ability to live a holy life, and then only as we yield to the power of the Holy Spirit to live through us.

[masika]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do
poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save
us? What is the problem here?
The law could not pardon; the law could not sanctify; the law could not dispense with its own requisitions; it is the rule of righteousness, and therefore must condemn unrighteousness. This is its unalterable nature. Had there been perfect obedience to its dictates, instead of condemning, it would have applauded and rewarded; but as the flesh, the carnal and rebellious principle, had prevailed, and transgression had taken place, it was rendered weak, inefficient to undo this word of the flesh, and bring the sinner into a state of pardon and acceptance with God.

The law could irritate our sinful nature into more virulent action, as we have seen in Ro 7:5, but it could not secure its own fulfilment. How that is accomplished comes now to be shown.
in that it was weak through the flesh-that is, having to address itself to us through a corrupt nature, too strong to be influenced by mere commands and threatenings.

[McCollum]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?

The law educates us and the law is holy, the commandments is holy and righteous and good but the law seems to be held under a gun , tired up and highjacked by sin, when we know that something is wrong and we go a head and do it because when it is wrong it makes us to want to do it the more. Paul concludes that the problem is not in the law but in us so we are at fault we did not educate ourselves unto God way out of sinning through His Holy Spirit.

[servant for Christ]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?

The law reveals that our Lord is holy, righteous, and good. Wha it does poorly is that it cannot keep us from sinning because of our sinful nature. The law is powerless to save us because it doesn't have the power and strength to do so. The problem here is man. We cannot defeat or forgive sin on our own. Jesus Christ had to go to calvary for that and He did. He made a way for us to come out of our sinful nature through His blood.

[paulcrf]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?

The law makes sin clear to us in fact it was made for us sinners. It is supposed to create order and justice.

It was not able to control sinful human heart. The sinful nature desires to do what the law does not tolerate.

The law is powerless to save us because we cannot be washed clean by following say, 99% of the law. We are sinners in God's sight no matter how we follow the law. A perfect substitute or replacement for our sins is needed to cleanse our unrighteousness. It is only through the sin offering of the blood of Jesus, the Son of God who can take away our sins and make us totally clean in the sight of the Father in heaven.

[June]

The law shows us our sins and makes us aware of what is right and wrong. However the law does not take away the desire to have more or to have what we can not. It doesn't keep us from sinning. Only a life filled with Jesus can do that. We can not save ourselves. We must surrender all to Jesus. He is the only way to salvation.

[RickJW]

Q3. (Romans 7:12; 8:3) What does the law do well? What does it do poorly? Why is the law (knowing right and wrong) powerless to save us? What is the problem here?

The law defines what is bad behaviour, what is despised by God. The law does not help us to overcome our apparent desire to do bad things. The knowledge of what is right and what is wrong in God's eyes does not empower us to do good or to live a righteous life of our own volition. While the law defines for us good and bad, we still revert to our tendency to succumb to sinful passions. As long as we are 'first Adams' we cannot rise above this sinful nature, we must be reborn in Christ Jesus so that our sinful nature is put to death on the cross with Christ, and our new self rises from Christ's grave.