Seductive power of sin

God’s Law is good. God reveals His truth in order to draw us into a personal rela- tionship with the Himself. The apostle Paul says, “But the law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good” (Romans 7:12). It is the weakness of our sinful nature that brings death. “So God did what the Law could not do. He sent His Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving His Son as a sacrifice for our sins. He did this so that the just requirement of the Law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit” (vv3b-4).