No man who ever lived. lived in greater obedience to the law than Saul, a Pharisee.
He spoke of his obedience to the law as a Pharisee
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Philippians 3:4-5
Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
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Paul is not talking about the law of sin written in stone when he speaks of his wretched flesh.
I was speaking of the last scripture you left from Romans 7"
["O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?"]
He is speaking of being brought to the realization on the Damascus Road from Jesus that sin much more skin deep than tablets of stone.
So to answer your question , no he is not talking about ancient history when his name was Saul under the law of Moses,
In Romans 7 I believe He is...For even when you read the very beginning of the chapter He says something like: He is speaking to those who know the law.
I was just referring to The Romans 7 passage you left.
Then you get to Romans 8 and there is a transition, "Therefore now " and gives the answer the way out "in Christ Jesus"
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Note to self- put "in Christ" = reconciliation, the aspect of being saved by his death
Scripture " how much more will we be saved by His life, is to:
"Walk after His Spirit"
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There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
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question ? What do you believe the law of sin and death is referring to? Hopefully like you said /below- the law in his members- which is a natural law of the course one's life goes and eventually ends without any intervention, which is death.
He is speaking of here & now and of ANOTHER LAW, that he has been made aware of by Christ Himself .
Rom 7:23
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to
the law of sin which is in my members.
Rom 7:24
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Exactly
Recall the flesh, what we can do in our natural abilities, wants to asert itself before God. When Adam sin it seems that the order changed in relationship to God being first.
Maybe it was once like this in the garden before Adam disobeyed God by eating off the tree of knowledge of good and evil: God >man's heart/Spirit= life
But after disobeying, the order was God> man's natural ability,flesh= death
Hear ò Israel your Lord God is one, that came to me.....so I wrote it down- my interpretation -God related to us (Adam<s>) by our Spirit..which would mean that once the flesh came before the Spirit, the flesh shaped the heart/spirit(+attitude)
It just might be that when God gave the Spirit of Christ that this new spirit was to shape our tainted Spirit. I kind of see this as a baby being trained by it's parent, to grow into a functioning productive, spiritually mature adult.
Which then the question how does the Spirit bear witness to our Spirit that we are sons?
Could conviction be a way discipline corrects our thoughts and actions.
Maybe even these:
my cries to God,
the changes in my life
Or God getting Glory from my life.
Knowing the truth
Looked up passage in Duet 6
And I Love what Came to me through scripture: that the lord God is one Lord.
So then there is no other, which means we relate to God by God. And just as God gave us His commands which I kind of think have some connection to who He is, He also gave us Christ. the word made flesh.
Reconciled through belief of His word, sanctified in this life by living by the word. Eating it spiritually-brings life to our soul.
So this is how we are delivered from this body of death- a new heart and by a new spirit a new attitude
Serving God from the heart of God- makes one lord, one faith, and one baptism.
That last part came to me so I wrote it...I try to verify what comes to me. will see!
Adding
One Lord God, One Faith God, One Baptism God
Before connection was lost in some way, It's possible in my opinion that Adam served God from a pure heart. Pure because there is only one Law the Spirit of life. Meaning Adam had yet to know life apart from God.
Peace and blessings