Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Romans 7:24-8:4
by: Dale Rood.
Is the law destroyed? No. It is just that in Jesus there is a new way of fulfilling the “righteous requirement of the law” (v.4). Under the New Covenant, the Law draws our attention to our need for a Savior (see Galatians 3:23-24). Paul was very much aware of his own need of a Savior, as we see in Romans 7:24. No, the Law is not abrogated. Rather there is a new way of observing the Law—the way of faith and grace—which enables us, without fear of wrath, to observe “the righteous requirement of the law” as a way of expressing our trust in God.