It Deceived and Killed You

Paul says the commandment, verse 10,

“which was to bring life, I found to bring death. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.”

It’s like sin is a sort of assassin. It’s almost like sin is personalized. And it was just waiting for an opportunity to get at me. So when I was faced with the commandment, it said, ‘That’s what I’m going to do.’

“Sin deceived me, and through it killed me.”

Now, Paul says,

“Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.”

Paul is saying there’s nothing wrong with the law. That’s not where the problem is. The problem is in you and me.