...17. Q. Foi what purpose was the law intended ? A. By the law is the knowledge of sin ; Rom. iii. 20. Nay, I had not known sin but by the law ; for I had...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet ; Rom. vii 7. Q. But did not God intend to prevent sin by ibis law ? ;* A. No: For by the deeds of...

...first is proper, because it produces the knowledge of sin : On this subject the apostle speaks thus : " I had not known sin, but by the law ; for I had not...lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet."" (Rom. vii, 7.) He also says, " By the law is the knowledge of sin." (iii, 20.) — Ibid. He afterwards...

...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...

...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...

...together 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....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...

...exposed 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...

...wherein 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...

...TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW." 1 John 3:4. And what law is it, the transgression of which is sin?—"I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust except the law had said, Thou shah not covet." Rom. 7:7. That word then—"Thou shall not covet"—belongs in a law; it is a part...