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Taking a summer break from Romans. We will return to Romans

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Some people seem to be fueled by praise. They seek it, appreciate it, then forget it. They hunger for compliments and affirmation. They become skilled at squeezing out a compliment from anyone. However, the satisfaction they receive is short-lived, and like a leaky bucket, the praise drains away, and they soon need to be refilled. They are in constant need of approval.

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I went to a seminary near Virginia Beach. Knowing I would be buried in endless reading, I promised my wife we could go to the beach on Saturdays so that she could relax and I could read; it was a nice respite for both of us.

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Romans 7:7-9

7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

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1. Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? 2 For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband. 3 So then, if while her husband is living she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress though she is joined to another man.

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20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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In 1979 Bob Dylan was in the midst of a faith quest. During this time, he deeply explored and adopted many Christian principles before returning later to Judaism. In the midst of his search, he recorded the song, “Gotta Serve Somebody,” unequivocally claiming:

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Romans 6:14-16

14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,c you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

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