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Rom.7:1 Or don't you know, brothers{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?

The apostles Paul make a simple statement that applies to all human on earth, and what is that? He states when a person dies the laws of those living on earth has no power over them any longer. So many Christian's are mystified with Paul's words in this part of his letter to the Roman's thinking there some profound meaning to a simple fact of life? When we die the laws of the land, that is, all laws that a person could be convicted of breaking is gone, having no power or authority over them any longer.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Paul, however, is being point specific to God's law here given to Moses where God gave Israel a covenant, which included the law. Somehow, the brothers and sisters could not get the simple fact of all laws for the living loses there power over the dead they thought that God's laws continued on after death, why? Possibly, because God gave it, thinking it could not end even in death that perhaps God's own angles were under the same law?

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 6:63 It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
Subsequently, the apostle Paul writes one of the most controversial chapters of the bible still not wholly understood by most modern day Christian's. Paul makes it clear he speaks to men who know the law, there should be no confusion about the law, but there is, much confusion and an effort to put the body of Christ back under it. Death ends the power of the law over the those living under it, that is, the wages of sin is death. Any person born into sin, must die, with no exception, why? Simple put, the payment for sin according to God's righteous law is death.

James 2:26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Eccl.9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Once dead, the law is dead as well, it hold's no power to punish and condemn the dead. The payment for sin has been satisfied. It does not matter if that sin be little in mankind's eyes or not. It does not matter if man's law does not judged it as wicked, if a person sin's once they must die!

Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

Romans 3:20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

In fact, we must understand as Christian's the truth of sin, we must comprehend that God is not evil to judge us for sinning, no! Lets put it this way. God's law is hostile towards sinner but why? We human introduce our feelings into judgment, more than about anything on earth, why? Simple put, it exposes us as not good enough, it is a put down, it shames us. However, that is not the point of God's law, no!

Ephesians 2:15 having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace;

If someone tells us we cannot fly because of the law of gravity, we take no offense not matter how much we desire to. The law of gravity is hostile towards human if the jump off a cliff. If someone tells us we cannot breathe water like a fish, we take no offense, why? Because those judgments are fact, laws that don't involve human emotion, we accepted them as out of our control, it not a personal put down to us as though we are not good enough.

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.

Hence, such is true of God's law given to Israel, it is a fact that no sinner can keep the law, it is impossible, a fish cannot breathe air, because its is a fish. Sinner cannot keep God's law because they are born into sin. However, once dead, they don't sin because they are dead, so they cannot break the law any longer. Now with that context we can approach the seventh chapter of Roman's with an unemotional mind and clear heart and listen what the Spirit teaches us.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

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