11-2-25 Bib-LitMark continued in the study of Romans with a focus on Chapter 7: 1-7—Paul’s most debated chapter, especially the verses studied today. Paul uses a legal analogy.What about the law?Marriage metaphor:  legal, exclusive, permanent. But when someone dies, everything changes.Death ends the legal agreement of the law.IllustrationPaul draws out what Scripture says: We have died to the law through the body of Christ so that we belong to God. Our purpose is to bear fruit to God.The old self bore fruit for deathThe new self bears fruit for the Spirit.ApplicationWe move from law to serving GodPoints for home Stop living the guilt Fruit comes from your union with Christ not achievement We’re not serving less but betterListen to Mark show Paul’s flow of reasoning in how living in Christ means we are dead to sin but alive to serve Him.