In this episode, we walk through Romans 7 and unpack Paul’s powerful illustration of marriage to explain our relationship with the law and with Christ. Just as a spouse is released from a marriage through death, believers are released from the burden of trying to earn righteousness through the law and are instead united with Jesus through grace. The law still has purposei t reveals sin and shows us our need for a Savior but it cannot save us or change our hearts. Paul’s raw honesty about his own struggle with sin reminds us that even mature believers wrestle with the tension between the flesh and the Spirit. The Christian life is a real battle, but the struggle itself is evidence that God is still working in us. The good news is that our failures do not cancel God’s love; through Jesus there is grace, freedom, and no condemnation for those who are in Him.
