...great may be his inclination, he cannot obtain a knowledge of the law ; and the apostle Paul says, • I had not known sin, but by the law ; for I had not...except the law had said, " Thou shalt not covet." ' Filleron has indeed seen punishments, executions, and gens-d'armes ; but gens-d'armes are not the...

...except the law had said, "Thou forwouEve°us!'id' shalt not covet " But sin> taking occasion by the 8 commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence....without the law sin was dead. 'For I was alive without 9 the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment which...

...guidance of the Spirit. of God, to the nature arid terms of the law. '• What shall we say ihen / IH tlie law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but...had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shah not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence....

...strongly and justly reasons, it renders our corrupt affections more inflamed and violent by restraint : " Nay, I had not known sin but by the law ; for I had...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet," &c. But let us now complete this argument, by showing that a believer in Christ is under the strongest...

...the law here referred to is the moral law — the ten commandments — is shown by Rom. 7 : 7 : — "I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet." Thus the Scriptures show that sin is a transgression of the law which says, "Thou...

...described as 'concupiscence'. We find this word in Romans 7 and it is something that we must always preach. 'But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought...of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead' (v.8). This is the biblical way of describing desire - evil desire. The trouble is not simply that...

...in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:] Romans 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay,...had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shall not covet. FN: The law is only the means of disclosing, not of producing it. Romans 7:8 But sin,...

...covet [thou shalt have no evil desire].'" At the end of his evaluation he has to make a sad confession: "I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not...commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence [lust] . For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment...

...the hidden nature of sin and did so in two ways. First of all, it revealed his sinful nature. "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God •forbid....lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet" (v. 7). The great function of the Mosaic law is to expose sin. Men try to cover sin, excuse it, and...

...we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law..." (Romans 7:6-7). Should I give out of guilt or impulse? Never! Shame -based giving can not only destroy...