Romans 24 Dead to the Law

The sermon centers on Romans 7:1–6 to clarify that believers are spiritually dead to the Mosaic Law through Christ's crucifixion, freeing them from its jurisdiction and enabling a new relationship with God through the Spirit. It argues that attempting to live the Christian life by adhering to any part of the Mosaic Law—whether moral, ceremonial, or civil—arouses sinful passions and leads to spiritual adultery, as the law functions as a fulcrum that activates the sin nature. The preacher refutes common theological systems—Roman Catholicism, covenant theology, Hebrew Roots, and Seventh-day Adventism—that attempt to retain elements of the Mosaic Law for sanctification, emphasizing instead that the New Testament consistently teaches the law's termination at the cross and the believer's union with Christ under the new covenant of grace. The core message is a call to abandon performance-based righteousness rooted in law-keeping and embrace a life of dependence on the Holy Spirit, where sanctification is not achieved by external obedience but by the internal work of God's Spirit, resulting in fruit that glorifies God.