Soap - Sin Revealed as Sin

S: I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me; for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

Romans 7:9-13

O: This passage deeply reminds me of my younger days (maybe still today)-whenever my parents told me to do something, I would immediately have a desire to do the complete opposite..."Do your homework, vacuum the house, practice piano!" And instead I played computer games, left the house a mess, and practiced electric guitar instead (HAHA). Just like the Law, the moment the good was revealed, so was the antithesis to it-which was sin.

But the Law was never bad-it was good. As God's holy precepts, "the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good."

But the main part of the passage that confuses me is the bolded section-First off what is sin? Sin is that which what God hates-Sin is everything and anything against His will (will of disposition and preceptive will but not His sovereign will, for His will is STRAIGHT and anything in the way is owned).

So sin (everything that displeases God and breaking His revealed commandments), was to be revealed as what it is through bringing us death through the impossibility of upholding the Law (the Law, that which is good...). Sin is so terrible, that it could use that which is good (the Law) and turn everything upside down. Thus, comes the seriousness and weight of what sin is-through the commandment we saw what sin was as well as falling to it, realizing that sin is abhorrent in the sight of the Lord.

To simplify, sin was recognized clearly as sin through the condemnation we received by trying to follow the good Law and failing (to the max). Through the Law, sin became utterly sinful-this I feel doesn't mean that sin was any less acceptable before-but rather, the Law finally uncovered how truly disgusting sin is to God and how He cannot have fellowship with anyone in it.

A: To bring it all back, sin is a terrible offense against the Lord and as God's child, I must be vigilant about clinging to the faith. I may live under grace, but the Law is still good as it always will be and I must follow the Law-as I have the willingness to do so...The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. This passage continually points me towards Christ-how great His love must have been for us, that He would free us from sin rather than judging us (which would have been righteous and just) to Hell...but instead He saved me. So crazy. Absolutely unbelievable.

P: God, words cannot describe how thankful I am for Your sacrifice. The sin that covered us and shackled us to hopelessness-you could have left us to rot in our depravity and it would have been completely justified. 100% fair and it would not have even been cruelty in the slightest. Yet despite that fact, you took it upon yourself to save us. How could you do that? I can't even understand. Your love runs so deep that it hurts to think about how You took the blame for something that you were not responsible for. Thank You. I pray that I may understand that sin is no joke-I cannot fight it other than by Your Word and by Your grace. So equip me and continually hide your Word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you. I pray for Your heart, that I may see and feel how You hate sin, so that I may also hate sin just as much as You do-that I may be conformed to Your character that I may walk in righteousness. In Christ, amen.

Soli Deo Gloria