Romans 7 · Grade 4

I Thank God Through Jesus Christ

Name Date

Read and Think

Paul says believers have died to the law through the body of Christ. Now they belong to the one who was raised from the dead, so they can bear fruit to God. They serve in newness of the Spirit.

"What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be!" Paul would not have known sin except through the law. He would not have known coveting unless the law had said, do not covet.

"Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, righteous, and good." Paul describes a struggle. "For I don't understand what I am doing. For I don't practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do."

Paul delights in God's law in his inner self. But he sees another law fighting in his body. "What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?" Paul answers, "I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord!"

Show What You Know

Through what did believers die to the law?
What would Paul not have known without the law?
What does Paul say about what he hates?
What is Paul's answer to who will deliver him?

Think About It

Paul admits he struggles to do the good he wants. How does it help you to know that even Paul struggled?
Paul's answer to his struggle is to thank God through Jesus. What could you thank God for when you feel stuck?

Memory Verse

“I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, sin’s law.”

Romans 7:25 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the lesson of The Law Is Holy. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

What does Paul want to do?
How does Jesus help us when we struggle?