7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. 9 Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good to bring about my death, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
I know that the law is good as the is clearly stated. It is my understanding that the Law made man aware of the sin that was already present in their lives.
Everyone of us sins in ignorance every day. We do what comes naturally to us and without instruction to tell us certain actions are wrong we just don't know it's wrong.
In verse 11 it is my conviction that "sin seizing every opportunity" is just our human nature to rebel. There was something just a few weeks back that I would never have thought of on my own. Yet when I read the article of how to avoid it, I became aware of the issue and now it's a battle.
The Law made man aware of the need of a Savior. We'll look into that next time. Feel free to read ahead.
God Bless.
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